Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Eigenmodes.

Autor: Sanders S; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA., Zundel L; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA., Kort-Kamp WJM; Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Dalvit DAR; Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA., Manjavacas A; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA.; Instituto de Óptica (IO-CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2021 May 14; Vol. 126 (19), pp. 193601.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.193601
Abstrakt: The near-field electromagnetic interaction between nanoscale objects produces enhanced radiative heat transfer that can greatly surpass the limits established by far-field blackbody radiation. Here, we present a theoretical framework to describe the temporal dynamics of the radiative heat transfer in ensembles of nanostructures, which is based on the use of an eigenmode expansion of the equations that govern this process. Using this formalism, we identify the fundamental principles that determine the thermalization of collections of nanostructures, revealing general but often unintuitive dynamics. Our results provide an elegant and precise approach to efficiently analyze the temporal dynamics of the near-field radiative heat transfer in systems containing a large number of nanoparticles.
Databáze: MEDLINE