Table 2 High-Q absorbing/ thermal emitting devices

From: Free-space high-Q nanophotonics

Mode

Q (exp.)

λ (μm)

Structure

Efficiencya

Polarization selective

Size

Ref.

BICs

120

9.1

GaAs-AlGaAs PhCs

71% (E)

No

1.8 × 1.8 mm²

87

282

1.237

Ge-SiO2-Si metasurfaces

66.5% (A)

Yes

120 × 120 μm²

42

84

1.8-10

Au-resist metasurfaces

60% (A)

Yes

160 × 160 μm²

72

81

6.7

Ge metasurfaces-Al2O3-Au

30% (E)

Yes

>50 × 50 μm²

88

45

6

Au metasurfaces-CaF2-Au

80% (A)

Yes

115 × 115 μm²

71

66

0.832

Ag metasurfaces-Al2O3-Ag

35% (A)

Yes

Unmentioned

89

GMRs

72

9.2

GaAs PhCs

74% (E)

No

1.8 × 1.8 mm²

9

229

5.78

Ge gratings-Al2O3-Au

35% (E)

Yes

Unmentioned

78

118

3.532

W gratings

55% (E)

No

>100 × 100 μm²

90

100

11.36

SiC gratings

94% (E)

Yes

50 × 50 μm²

77

73

3.722

Au metasurfaces

99% (A)

No

2 × 2 mm²

79

180

0.8

Si metasurfaces

22% (A)

Yes

43 × 37 μm²

8

101

10.9

Ge gratings-SiC

84% (E)

Yes

0.8 × 0.8 cm²

71

SLRs

300

0.77-0.9

TiO2 metasurfaces-Au

93% (A)

Yes

Unmentioned

82

63

0.75

Au metasurfaces

90% (A)

No

300 × 300 μm²

92

Tamm plasmon polaritons

1120

1.55

Au-DBR (Si/ SiO2)

92% (A)

No

/

80

780

4.57

DBR (Ge/ SiO2)-Pt

36% (E)

No

/

93

172

4.1

cGST-DBR (Ge/ ZnS)-ZnS-Ge-Au

65% (E)

No

/

94

88

4.731

DBR (Ge/ SiO2)-SiO2-Au

90% (E)

No

/

95

170

12.9

SiC metasurfaces

78% (A)

No

Unmentioned

84

164

10

hBN/α-MoO3-Au

36% (E)

Yes

≤200 × 200 μm²

79

33

5.83

Au metasurfaces-SiO2-Au

99.7% (A)

No

100 × 100 μm²

86

  1. aE and A in the table represent thermal emission and absorption efficiency, respectively