ENHANCED RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER AT NANOMETRIC DISTANCES

We study in this article the radiative heat transfer between two semi-infinite bodies at subwavelength scale. We show that this transfer can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude when the surfaces support resonant surface waves. In these conditions, we show that the transfer is almost monochrom...

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Published inMicroscale thermophysical engineering Vol. 6; no. 3; pp. 209 - 222
Main Authors Mulet, Jean-Philippe, Joulain, Karl, Carminati, Rémi, Greffet, Jean-Jacques
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Informa UK Ltd 01.07.2002
Taylor & Francis
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Optics
Physics
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Summary:We study in this article the radiative heat transfer between two semi-infinite bodies at subwavelength scale. We show that this transfer can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude when the surfaces support resonant surface waves. In these conditions, we show that the transfer is almost monochromatic.
ISSN:1089-3954
1091-7640
DOI:10.1080/10893950290053321