Table 2 Maxima and minima in the scattering anisotropy g for composites with microinclusions of size \({d}_{{g}_{{\rm{\min }}}}\) along with corresponding reflectances \({R}_{{g}_{{\rm{\max }}}}\) and \({R}_{{g}_{{\rm{\min }}}}\) at wavelengths \({\lambda }_{{g}_{{\rm{\max }}}}\) and \({\lambda }_{{g}_{{\rm{\min }}}}\) respectively.

From: Plasmonically Enhanced Reflectance of Heat Radiation from Low-Bandgap Semiconductor Microinclusions

Material

g min

\({{\boldsymbol{d}}}_{{\boldsymbol{g}}{}_{{\bf{\min }}}}\) (μm)

\({{\boldsymbol{\lambda }}}_{{\boldsymbol{g}}{}_{{\bf{\min }}}}\) (μm)

\({{\boldsymbol{R}}}_{{\boldsymbol{g}}{}_{{\bf{\min }}}}\)

g max

\({{\boldsymbol{\lambda }}}_{{\boldsymbol{g}}{}_{{\bf{\max }}}}\) (μm)

\({{\boldsymbol{R}}}_{{\boldsymbol{g}}{}_{{\bf{\max }}}}\)

InP

−4.94 · 10−2

0.60

0.96

0.76

0.547

2.16

0.71

Si

−5.48 · 10−2

1.68

2.87

0.63

0.711

1.21

0.49

Ge

−1.19 · 10−1

0.64

1.56

0.71

0.524

2.98

0.72

PbS

−1.23 · 10−1

1.34

3.26

0.52

0.523

6.30

0.54

InAs

−5.35 · 10−2

2.80

4.90

0.50

0.451

6.89

0.57

Te

−2.99 · 10−1

1.24

3.92

0.65

0.513

7.85

0.51