Journal Article

PreJuSER-42968

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Resonant photon tunneling enhancement of the radiative heat transfer

Volokitin, A. I. ; Persson, B. N. J.FZJ*

2004
APS College Park, Md.

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/1398  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.69.045417

Abstract: We study the dependence of the heat transfer between two semi-infinite solids on the dielectric properties of the bodies. We show that the heat transfer at short separation between the solids may increase by many orders of magnitude when the surfaces are covered by adsorbates, or can support low-frequency surface plasmons. In this case the heat transfer is determined by resonant photon tunneling between adsorbate vibrational modes, or surface plasmon modes. Using the nonlocal optic dielectric approach we study the dependence of the heat flux between two metal surfaces on the electron concentration, and compare the predictions of the local optic approximation.

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1. Theorie I (IFF-TH-I)

Research Program(s):

1. Kondensierte Materie (M02)

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