Unfamiliar with thermoelectrics? Let us explain.
White Papers
Thermoelectric Cooling in Photonics
As photonics systems continue to advance in speed, density, and functionality, thermal stability becomes a critical factor in ensuring performance and reliability. Even minor temperature fluctuations can cause wavelength drift, signal degradation, or premature component failure. Thermoelectric coolers offer a solid-state solution for precise, localized cooling across a wide range of photonics applications.
This paper outlines how TECs are used to maintain tight temperature control in laser diodes, silicon photonics, imaging sensors, and co-packaged optics through real-world case studies and technical analysis.
Basics of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting
Energy harvesting is leading the charge in providing sustainable solutions for the rise in global power consumption and growing need for renewable energy sources. Energy harvesting devices, especially thermoelectric generators (TEGs), are also a step toward a battery-free future.
Batteries contain many metals that can become hazardous waste and harm the environment. Energy harvesters can supplant the need for batteries by either recycling the waste energy being produced by a device or reclaiming energy from the ambient conditions and turning it into electricity.
Basics of Thermoelectric Cooling and Heating
The deluge of online information through AI, IoT, data mining, AR/VR applications and more is resulting in more powerful systems and networks. But it’s also generating ever-increasing quantities of heat, an enemy of system performance and component life.
Thermoelectric coolers are one solution to battle rising temperatures and protect the life and performance of electronics. However, they aren’t limited to just that. TECs have a broad range of applications in other fields like photonics, opto-electronics, refrigeration, medical, industrial and more.