Enhanced thermal emission from individual antenna-like nanoheaters.
Here we report polarization-sensitive, thermal radiation measurements of individual, antenna-like, thin film Platinum nanoheaters. These heaters confine the lateral extent of the heated area to dimensions smaller (or comparable) to the thermal emission wavelengths. For very narrow heater structures the polarization of the thermal radiation shows a very high extinction ratio as well as a dipolar-like angular radiation pattern. A simple analysis of the radiation intensities suggests a significant enhancement of the thermal radiation for these very narrow heater structures.
Ingvarsson
Snorri
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Klein
Levente
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Yat-Yin
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Lacey
James A
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Hamann
Hendrik F
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