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Near-Field Enhanced Negative Luminescent Refrigeration

Kaifeng Chen1, Parthiban Santhanam2, and Shanhui Fan2,*

  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA

  • *shanhui@stanford.edu
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Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 024014 – Published 18 August, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.024014

Abstract

We consider a near-field enhanced negative luminescent refrigeration system made of a polar material supporting surface-phonon polariton resonances and a narrow-band-gap semiconductor under a reverse bias. We show that in the near-field regime, such a device yields significant cooling power density and a high efficiency close to the Carnot limit. In addition, the performance of our system still persists even in the presence of strong nonidealities such as Auger recombination and sub-band-gap thermal radiation from free carriers.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 024014– Published 18 August, 2016
  • Received 22 March 2016
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