Photonic-Crystals In Military Systems
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Photonic-Crystals In Military Systems
Energy Harvesting, Thermal Camouflage, & Directed Energy
Leo DiDomenico3
Hwang Lee1
Marian Florescu1
Irina Puscasu2
Jonathan Dowling1
1 Department of Physics & Astronomy,Louisiana State University
2 Ion Optics Inc.3 Xtreme Energetics Inc.
Points of Contact: Dr. Leo D. DiDomenico [email protected] & Prof. Jonathan P. Dowling [email protected]
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with Thermal Radiation from PBG Materials
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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Power Generation Systems:Low-Temperature
ThermophotovoltaicsProblem
Solution
Applications
Performance Expectations
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Optimize the input radiation band andpropagation direction to a PV
& don’t worry too much about the PV itself!
TPV using PBG is relatively Low Temperature.
Conventional TPV Systems Too Hot
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Thermal Radiation Control Designs
Other Applications
Solution
Engineer the radiative thermal responseusing photonic crystals to control:
Spectral Directional Tunability
for adaptive thermal emissivity response.
Omnidirectional IR reflectors Broadband systems Multi Band Operation PBG coatings with surface effects Smart Skin Technology for Tanks
Tunable IRCamouflage Systems
Improved Thermal Imagers Thermal Camouflage Radar Signature Reduction Low Observability and Stealth Solar and Thermal Covers
ProblemThermal signatures have become too easy to
detect
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High-PowerPhotonic Crystal Lasers for Power Beaming
ProblemDefense against kinetic energy weapons requiresrepeated fast interception. Chemical lasers fail to
deliver the punch over an extended fight.
Solution
Applications•High power thermally pumped PBG lasers
•Replace chemical laser
•Deep ammunition magazine
•Other -- Point-to-point laser comm.
Gas Dynamic lasers require energeticchemical reactions which limit
practical embodiments
Convert heatgradients intoA flow of incoherentnarrow band pumplight for laser usingPBG energy funnel.
Cold
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with Thermal Radiation from PBG Materials
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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Photonic Crystal Structures
•Periodic dielectric
•Scale of periodicity is ~λ/2.
•Exhibits large dielectric contrast.
•Light velocity is a function of direction.
•Temperature varies slowly relative to ~λ/2.
•Thermal radiation is selectively suppressed.
• “Semiconductor” material for Light
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Simple Photonic Crystals
Joannopoulos, Meade, Winn, Photonic Crystals (1995)
Alternating materials of higher & lower refractive indices
Periodicity: on the order of wavelength of light
Functionality: semiconductors for light
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3-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
The math can be very complexbut the basic idea is VERY SIMPLE...
Scattered waves can add destructivelyfor some frequencies and from somedirections…
Therefore, certain very special PBG structureshave all directions of propagation forbidden over aband of frequencies.
3D Crystal Structurewith scattering plans
shown
Each scattering sitecontributes to the total
Wave response.
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•TDOS measures the number of states {kx, ky, kz, n} that radiate.•TDOS is the number of states for a given dω about the frequency ω.•Opto-Thermal applications require extending the idea of TDOS.•The TDOS must be extended to account for the overlap of
The periodic dielectricThe Radiation field.Atoms with atomic transitions.Temperature distribution.
1D 2D
New Design Tools are Needed for Opto-ThermalEngineering with Photonic Crystals
The fields do not always overlap the dielectric whereatoms can absorb or emit energy & heat the material.
An extension of basic radiation theory, which now includes photon-phononinteractions inside a PBG material with a non-uniform temperature distribution, is being developed by the authors and with the intent of develop engineering software tools for opto-thermal PBG materials.
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Photonic Crystal Fiber
Opal
Inverted Opal
Woodpile
Butterfly Wing
Silicon Pillars
Photonic Crystals:Examples
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A Dizzying Array ofPotential Applications
Band Gap: Semiconductors for Light
Band-Gap Shift: Optical Switching & Routing
Local Field Enhancement:Strong Nonlinear Optical Effects
Anomalous Group Velocity Dispersion:Negative index metamaterials for stealth applications and super-prism dispersion, true time delay lines
Micro-cavity Effects: Photodetectors, LED
Low-Threshold Lasers
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with Thermal Radiation from PBG Materials
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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PV Cells Need a Matched SpectrumPV Cells Need a Matched Spectrum
Heat Generated!
Out of band energy from PV cell,creates waste heat but no electricity !
TPV Cell
There are 2 potentialsolutions UsingPhotonic Crystals …
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Cold
Hot
Band GapLight Cone
RethermalizeOut of Band Energy
PhotonicCrystal
HeatSource
To TPV
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Thermal Radiation in PBG Material
RECALL:
•Spectral Intensity: position, direction, & frequency
•Absorptivity: T(r), direction, # of levels, & frequency
•Energy velocity depends on PCS
•Total density of atom-connected photon states
Photon-PhononInteraction in
Non-PBG
Now extend principles to a PBG material
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TPV Energy Conversion:PBG Spectral Control
SpectralFunnel
(Not a Filter)
TPV Cell Device
Broad BandHeat Source
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TPV Energy ConversionState-of-the-art
• Intermediate Absorber/Emitter• Filter: Only the photons with right energy• Keep operating temperatures lower
• Recycle: Heat the absorber with theunused photons
Improve conversion efficiency: Recycling the unused photons to heat the Emitter/absorber
Incorporate PBG into a Classic TPV Design
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Method 2: TPV Energy Conversion:Using PBG Directional Control
Instead of increasing ΩS (concentration), decreasethe solid angle of the intermediate absorber, ΩA.
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Novel PBGAngle-Selective Absorber
Novel Design of an efficient angle-selective PBG absorber
• a wave-guide channel in 2D PBG embedded in a 3D PBG structure• single-mode (uni-directional) operation for a wide range of frequency• alternative structures can be designed to achieve a prescribed efficiency• LSU patent application
3D PBG
3D PBG
2D PBG1D Channel
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21Funneling of theThermal Radiation
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Photonic crystal radiationPhotonic crystal radiation
Blackbody input radiationBlackbody input radiation
Filter output radiationFilter output radiation
Filter output radiationFilter output radiation
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• For a given blackbody input power, T= 400 K (area under the red curve)– Filter
• only eliminates lower and higher spectral components, selecting incident radiation in anarrow range
• Appreciable amount of energy is wasted– Photonic crystal
• funnels the incident energy into a narrow spectral range• runs at a higher effective temperature (defined by the blackbody with the samemaximum peak power)
ProposedCurrent
20 % Transfer efficiency5 % Transfer efficiency
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with Thermal Radiation from PBG Materials
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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Hiding Thermal Signatures
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Doubly-Periodic Photonic Crystals:Dual-Band Optical Properties (I)
“On demand” optical transmission and reflection spectra three characteristic length scales: radius of the cylinders, distance between the cylinders and width of the rectangular veins (optimum values: r/a=0.078, L/a=0.194 and w/a=0.38) full photonic band gap (both polarizations) of Δω/ωc=18.25% centered on ωc/ω0=0.83 presents spectral regions with high reflection concomitant with a large number of modes at lower frequencies (high transmission)
Photonic crystal structure Photonic band structure
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Doubly-Periodic Photonic Crystals:Dual-Band Optical Properties (II)
“On demand” field distribution depending on the frequency the field can be localized in different regions of the high-index of refraction dielectric or in the air fraction spatial field distribution can be used to optimize the coupling to absorbers placed into the structure in order to enhance thermal emission
Electromagnetic field distribution for TM modes for the first three bands at the M-point
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Dynamical Tuningof Spectral Emissivity
Normalized emission from photonic crystal test structure at 325 C under different gasconditions: different concentration values for CO2 and N2. (right side-zoom in)
Possibility of tuning the emissivity of the structure by gas choice and by controlling its gasconcentration
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with Thermal Radiation from PBG Materials
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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Energy Separation - IEnergy Separation - I
Schematic of energy flow: 1. Temperature gradient moves phonons left to right & Rethermalizes.2. Photonic Band Gap restricts photons to move downward.
Hot ColdNarrow BandPhotons Laser Gain
Medium
Phonons
Light Spectral Distribution vs Position
Three types of insulators are possible: electrical, thermal, & light. We are using the lightinsulating properties of Photonic Crystals to force the desired narrow-band photons intothe Lasing gain medium & rethermalizing the remaining out-of-band photons into thedesired band for further extraction.
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Energy Separation - IIEnergy Separation - II
Cold
Hot
PhotonicCrystal
LasingMedium
Designing thespectral and directionalProperties of PCS is a
hard synthesis problem.
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Contents
Introduction to Applications of Photonic Band Gap (PBG) Material
What is a Photonic Band Gap Material?
Generating Electricity from Spectral & Directional Control of IR Radiation
Controlling Thermal Radiation for IR Camouflage
Pumping Laser Weapons with PBG & Thermal Radiation
Initial Experimental Studies On PBG Thermal radiation control
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Photonic Crystals:Thermal Radiation Control in IR
Three-dimensional photonic crystal emitterfor thermophotovoltaic power generation,Lin et al.,(2003) Sandia Labs
Photonic-crystal enhanced narrow-bandinfrared emitters, Pralle et al. (2002) Ion Optics
Enhancement and suppression of thermal emission by a three-dimensional photonic crystal, Lin et al. (2000) Sandia Labs
Direct calculation of thermal emission for three-dimensionallyperiodic photonic crystal slabs, Chan et al.(2006) MIT
Thermal emission and absorption of radiation in finite inverted-opalphotonic crystals, Florescu et al.,(2005) JPL&LSU
New, $4.6M, world-class, JEOLJBX-9300FS e-beam lithographysystem (third of its kind) MDL JPL
512 node, dual-processor IA32 Linuxcluster with 3.06 GHz Intel Pentium IVXeon processors and 2 GB RAM Super- Mike LSU
Spectral and angular optical FTIRcharacterization facilities
Ion Optics Inc.
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BB, Pin = 315 mW, T2 = 420.1 oC
BB, Pin = 130 mW, T1 = 273.4 oC
PC, Pin = 130 mW, T2 = 420.1 oC
– Funneling of thermal radiation of largerwavelength (orange area) to thermalradiation of shorter wavelength (greyarea).
BB (273.4oC) and PC (273.4oC)plots have the same input powerwhile the photonic crystalproduces lower wavelengthphotons
BB (420.1oC) and PC (273.4oC)plots have the same peak powerwavelength
Funneling of the Thermal RadiationExperimental Results
JPL (micro-fab), Ion Optics (testing), LSU (analysis)
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Conclusions
TPV cell efficiencies can be dramatically improved by employing thespectral and angular control provided by photonic crystals
Dual-band spectral radiation management systems using doubly-periodic photonic crystals are now being designed using a restrictedset of “practical” structures
Experimental results confirm the photonic crystal ability to controlthe thermal radiation properties
New vistas exist for using photonic crystals in lasers, IR thermalsignature suppression, and high-power ( non-chemical ) lasers forcommunications and weapons.