Enhanced Silicon Thermal Emission through Photonic Crystal Integration

Enhanced Silicon Thermal Emission through Photonic Crystal Integration

2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)

10.1109/IPC65510.2025.11281986

https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc65510.2025.11281986

Huanhuan Wang, Leh Woon Lim, Doris Keh Ting Ng, Landobasa Tobing, Hazwani Khairy, Norhanani Jaafar, Andrew Whye Keong Fong

22 December 2025

Wang, H., Lim, L. W., Ng, D. K. T., Tobing, L., Khairy, H., Jaafar, N., & Fong, A. W. K. (2025). Enhanced Silicon Thermal Emission through Photonic Crystal Integration. 2025 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1109/ipc65510.2025.11281986

This paper studies an n-type doped silicon thermal emitter. By integrating a photonic crystal (PhC), the emitter's emissivity and temperature are increased. Compared with a slab emitter, its emission power is increased by 1.75 times.

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This research is supported by core funding from: Institute of Microelectronics
Grant Reference no. : SC24/24-1144UI

This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation - Low-Carbon Energy Research (LCER) Funding Initiative Phase 2
Grant Reference no. : U2303D4001

This research / project is supported by the National Research Foundation - Low-Carbon Energy Research (LCER) Funding Initiative
Grant Reference no. : U2102d2012

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10.1109/IPC65510.2025.11281986

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