The concept of metamaterials originates from the proposal of left-hand materials with
negative refractive index, followed by which, varieties of metamaterials with kinds of fantastic …

Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Controlling emission and absorption, and radiative heat transfer, is important for photonic
energy conversion and thermal management. However, the reciprocal emission and …

A diverse spectrum of technology drivers such as improved thermal barriers, higher
efficiency thermoelectric energy conversion, phase-change memory, heat-assisted magnetic …

Recent advances in nanofabrication and characterization technologies have spurred many
breakthroughs in the field of optical metamaterials and metasurfaces that provide novel …

The unprecedented ability of nanometallic (that is, plasmonic) structures to concentrate light
into deep-subwavelength volumes has propelled their use in a vast array of nanophotonics …

A thermal light-emitting source, such as a black body or the incandescent filament of a light
bulb, is often presented as a typical example of an incoherent source and is in marked …

We review in this article the influence of surface waves on the thermally excited
electromagnetic field. We study in particular the field emitted at subwavelength distances of …

Radiative thermal transport via the fluctuating electromagnetic near-field has recently
attracted increasing attention due to its fundamental importance and its impact on a range of …

Optical near fields exist close to any illuminated object. They account for interesting effects
such as enhanced pinhole transmission or enhanced Raman scattering enabling single …