Nanoscale Thermal Transfer - An Invitation to Fluctuation Electrodynamics
Abstract
An electromagnetic theory of thermal radiation is outlined, based on the fluctuation electrodynamics of Rytov and co-workers. We discuss the basic concepts and the status of different approximations. The physical content is illustrated with a few examples on near-field heat transfer.
- Publication:
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Zeitschrift Naturforschung Teil A
- Pub Date:
- February 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1515/zna-2016-0372
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1609.08332
- Bibcode:
- 2017ZNatA..72...99H
- Keywords:
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- Heat Transfer;
- Near-Field Optics;
- Thermal Radiation;
- Physics - Optics;
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
- E-Print:
- 4 figures, special issue "Heat Transfer and Heat Conduction on the Nanoscale" edited by Svend-Age Biehs, Philippe Ben-Abdallah, and Achim Kittel