Leland Stanford Junior University

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Universitéde Strasbourg

Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt

Torbjorn Skauli

Shanhui Fan

Gang Zhang

Thomas W Ebbesen

Zongfu Yu

Hailiang Wang

Xiaofang Yu

Sunil Sandhu

Sven Beiker

Nicholas Sergeant

Richard E Sassoon

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device is disclosed comprising a macroscopic thermal body and an extraction structure that is electromagnetically-coupled to the thermal emitting area of the thermal body. The macroscopic thermal body having a thermal emitting area, and the extraction structure configured and arranged to facilitate emission from, or receipt to the thermal emitting area that exceeds a theoretical, Stefan-Boltzmann, emission limit for a blackbody having the same thermal emitting area as the thermal body.

Thermal extraction using radiation

Electromagnetic energy transfer is facilitated. In accordance with an example embodiment, a first resonator transmits electromagnetic energy using an electromagnetic wave, based on frequency matching and alignment of an electromagnetic field with a second resonator within a distance of one wavelength of the electromagnetic wave from the first resonator. An electromagnetic energy reflector adjacent the first resonator redirects reflected portions of the electromagnetic wave back towards the first resonator.

Wireless energy transfer

A device for sorting and concentrating electromagnetic energy impinging a surface of the device, the surface including at least one plasmonics-based surface structure or similar structure of periodic or quasi-periodic surface topography. The device is characterized in that the surface (V) is provided with at least two such surface structures (), acting as individual concentrator structures, which are at least partially spatially overlapped or superposed.

Device for sorting and concentrating electromagnetic energy and apparatus comprising at least one such device

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Oslo, Norway

Torbjorn Skauli