Fundamental Limits to Radiative Heat Transfer: The Limited Role of Nanostructuring in the Near-Field

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 124; no. 1; p. 013904
• Main Authors: Venkataram, Prashanth S, Molesky, Sean, Jin, Weiliang, Rodriguez, Alejandro W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 10.01.2020

In a previous Letter, we derived fundamental limits to radiative heat transfer applicable in near- through far-field regimes, based on the choice of material susceptibilities and bounding surfaces enclosing arbitrarily shaped objects; the limits exploit algebraic properties of Maxwell's equatio...