Photonic Refrigeration from Time-Modulated Thermal Emission

Physical Review Letters
Siddharth BuddhirajuShanhui Fan

Abstract

We develop theoretical and computational formalisms to describe thermal radiation from temporally modulated systems. We show that such a modulation results in a photon-based active cooling mechanism. This mechanism has a high thermodynamic performance that can approach the Carnot limit. Our work points to exciting new avenues in active, time-modulated control of thermal emission for cooling and energy harvesting applications.

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