AMADEus Seminar - Prof. Constantin Simovski - Wednesday 20 November 2013, 16:15 pm - CRPP
le mercredi 20 novembre 2013 de 16h15 à 17h15
Prof. Constantin Simovski, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Aalto University, Finland
"Metamaterials for prospective thermal photovoltaic systems"
Abstract: Using our recently developed method we analyze the radiative heat transfer in micron-thick multilayer stacks of metamaterials with hyperbolic dispersion. The metamaterials are especially designed for prospective thermophotovoltaic systems. We show that the huge transfer of near-infrared thermal radiation across micron layers of metamaterials is achievable and can be optimized. We suggest an approach to the optimal design of such metamaterials taking into account high temperatures of the emitting medium and the necessity to reduce the heating of the photovoltaic medium by the low-frequency part of the radiation spectrum.
We show that both huge values and frequency selectivity are achievable for the radiative heat transfer in hyperbolic multilayer stacks.