Optimized aperiodic broadband thermal emitters for use as light bulb filaments
@inproceedings{Granier2016OptimizedAB, title={Optimized aperiodic broadband thermal emitters for use as light bulb filaments}, author={Christopher H. Granier and Sim{\'o}n Lorenzo and Chenglong You and Georgios Veronis and Jonathan P. Dowling}, year={2016} }
We present optimized aperiodic structures for use as broadband thermal incandescent emitters which are capable of increasing the emittance by nearly a factor of two over the visible wavelength range when compared to bulk tungsten. These aperiodic multilayer structures are designed with alternating layers of tungsten and air or tungsten and silicon carbide on top of a tungsten substrate. We investigate the properties of these structures for use as lightbulb filaments. We find that these…
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