SCIENCE: photonic crystals break Blackbody radiation law

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 08:53:31 MDT

  • Next message: Robert J. Bradbury: "ASTRO: Sol-like system discovered"

    Science Daily is reporting:

    "Revolutionary Tungsten Photonic Crystal Could provide More Power
    for Electronic Devices"
    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/07/030709064316.htm

    Looks like one can use photonic crystals to channel heat energy
    into specific photon emission energies in such a way that one
    gets heat-to-photon conversion efficiencies significantly better
    than allowed by Planck's Law of Blackbody Cavity Radiation.

    Interesting applications for various energy conversion
    strategies are discussed.

    Robert



    This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Wed Jul 09 2003 - 09:04:44 MDT