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Photonics and thermodynamics concepts in radiative cooling by Fan, Shanhui, Li, Wei

“…Radiative cooling is a ubiquitous passive process that uses photon heat flow to carry away energy and entropy. Radiative cooling processes have been studied in…”
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Nanophotonic control of thermal radiation for energy applications [Invited] by Li, Wei, Fan, Shanhui

“…The ability to control thermal radiation is of fundamental importance for a wide range of applications. Nanophotonic structures, where at least one of the…”
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Terrestrial radiative cooling: Using the cold universe as a renewable and sustainable energy source by Yin, Xiaobo, Yang, Ronggui, Tan, Gang, Fan, Shanhui

“…Photonic materials designed at wavelength scales have enabled a range of emerging energy technologies, from solid-state lighting to efficient photovoltaics…”
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Modes of Subwavelength Plasmonic Slot Waveguides by Veronis, G., Shanhui Fan

“…We investigate the properties of the modes that are supported by 3-D subwavelength plasmonic slot waveguides. We first show that the fundamental mode that is…”
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Persistent Directional Current at Equilibrium in Nonreciprocal Many-Body Near Field Electromagnetic Heat Transfer by Zhu, Linxiao, Fan, Shanhui

“…We consider the consequence of nonreciprocity in near-field heat transfer by studying systems consisting of magneto-optical nanoparticles. We demonstrate that,…”
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Robust wireless power transfer using a nonlinear parity–time-symmetric circuit by Assawaworrarit, Sid, Yu, Xiaofang, Fan, Shanhui

“…A nonlinear parity–time-symmetric circuit is used to enable robust wireless power transfer to a moving device over a distance of one metre without the need for…”
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Radiative cooling to deep sub-freezing temperatures through a 24-h day–night cycle by Chen, Zhen, Zhu, Linxiao, Raman, Aaswath, Fan, Shanhui

“…Radiative cooling technology utilizes the atmospheric transparency window (8–13 μm) to passively dissipate heat from Earth into outer space (3 K). This…”
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Near-complete violation of detailed balance in thermal radiation by Zhu, Linxiao, Fan, Shanhui

“…We introduce general principles for achieving maximal violation of detailed balance in thermal radiation. We validate these principles by direct numerical…”
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Dynamic non-reciprocal meta-surfaces with arbitrary phase reconfigurability based on photonic transition in meta-atoms by Shi, Yu, Fan, Shanhui

“…We introduce a distinct class of dynamic non-reciprocal meta-surfaces with arbitrary phase-reconfigurability. This meta-surface consists of an array of…”
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Self-adaptive radiative cooling based on phase change materials by Ono, Masashi, Chen, Kaifeng, Li, Wei, Fan, Shanhui

“…With the ability of harvesting the coldness of universe as a thermodynamic resource, radiative cooling technology is important for a broad range of…”
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Complete optical isolation created by indirect interband photonic transitions by Fan, Shanhui, Yu, Zongfu

“…Achieving on-chip optical signal isolation is a fundamental difficulty in integrated photonics 1 . The need to overcome this difficulty is becoming…”
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Scalable and hierarchically designed polymer film as a selective thermal emitter for high-performance all-day radiative cooling by Li, Duo, Liu, Xin, Li, Wei, Lin, Zhenhui, Zhu, Bin, Li, Zizhong, Li, Jinlei, Li, Bo, Fan, Shanhui, Xie, Jiwei, Zhu, Jia

“…Traditional cooling systems consume tremendous amounts of energy and thus aggravate the greenhouse effect 1 , 2 . Passive radiative cooling, dissipating an…”
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Choice of the perfectly matched layer boundary condition for frequency-domain Maxwell’s equations solvers by Shin, Wonseok, Fan, Shanhui

“…We show that the performance of frequency-domain solvers of Maxwell’s equations is greatly affected by the kind of the perfectly matched layer (PML) used. In…”
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Limitations of nonlinear optical isolators due to dynamic reciprocity by Shi, Yu, Yu, Zongfu, Fan, Shanhui

“…Researchers show that optical isolators based on nonlinearity cannot provide complete isolation for arbitrary backwards propagating noise, revealing…”
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Topological optical differentiator by Zhu, Tengfeng, Guo, Cheng, Huang, Junyi, Wang, Haiwen, Orenstein, Meir, Ruan, Zhichao, Fan, Shanhui

“…Optical computing holds significant promise of information processing with ultrahigh speed and low power consumption. Recent developments in nanophotonic…”
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Photonic thermal management of coloured objects by Li, Wei, Shi, Yu, Chen, Zhen, Fan, Shanhui

“…The colours of outdoor structures, such as automobiles, buildings and clothing, are typically chosen for functional or aesthetic reasons. With a chosen colour,…”
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Photonic Weyl point in a two-dimensional resonator lattice with a synthetic frequency dimension by Lin, Qian, Xiao, Meng, Yuan, Luqi, Fan, Shanhui

“…Weyl points, as a signature of 3D topological states, have been extensively studied in condensed matter systems. Recently, the physics of Weyl points has also…”
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Realizing effective magnetic field for photons by controlling the phase of dynamic modulation by Fang, Kejie, Yu, Zongfu, Fan, Shanhui

“…The goal to achieve arbitrary control of photon flow has motivated much of the recent research on photonic crystals and metamaterials. As a new mechanism for…”
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Ultrabroadband Photonic Structures To Achieve High-Performance Daytime Radiative Cooling by Rephaeli, Eden, Raman, Aaswath, Fan, Shanhui

“…If properly designed, terrestrial structures can passively cool themselves through radiative emission of heat to outer space. For the first time, we present a…”
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Total absorption by degenerate critical coupling by Piper, Jessica R., Liu, Victor, Fan, Shanhui

“…We consider a mirror-symmetric resonator with two ports. We show that, when excited from a single port, complete absorption can be achieved through critical…”
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