Directed infrared emissions of two designed metasurfaces with ceramic arrays

Two metasurfaces of ceramic arrays (A and B) were designed and the 11 μm infrared emission behaviors of them were studied. Both metasurfaces show obvious directed IR emissions. For array A, the radius of inner cylinder R 1 and thickness t 1 of the ceramics dominate the directional behavior of the IR emissions. The optimized structural parameters are R 1 =1.0 μm and t 1 ≥1.2 μm with an effective IR emission angle θ in 0°~50 ° and emissivity ε ≥0.7 achieved. For array B with R c =1.05 μm, R 1 =0.1 μm, t 1 =0.85 μm, the IR emission is mainly constrained in θ >10°, and an obvious ϕ dependence is observed as θ >40°. The IR emission is higher at ϕ =45° or 135°(±45°) as θ >10° with ε =0.4 at θ =65°. The IR emission is affected by the thickness t 1 obviously, with an effective thickness 0.3 μm≤ t 1 ≤1.7 μm at R c =1.0 μm, R 1 =0.3 μm, and ϕ =0°. For array B with the optimized t 1 =1.2 μm ( ϕ =0°), the IR emission is directed at θ ~40° with the emissivity 0.7.