Conduction-Radiation Coupling between Two Closely Separated Solids

M. Reina, R. Messina, and P. Ben-Abdallah
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 224302 – Published 24 November 2020
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Abstract

In the theory of radiative heat exchanges between two closely spaced bodies introduced by Polder and van Hove, no interplay between the heat carriers inside the materials and the photons crossing the separation gap is assumed. Here we release this constraint by developing a general theory to describe the conduction-radiation coupling between two solids of arbitrary size separated by a subwavelength separation gap. We show that, as a result of the temperature profile induced by the coupling with conduction, the radiative heat flux exchanged between two parallel slabs at nanometric distances can be orders of magnitude smaller than the one predicted by the conventional theory. These results could have important implications in the fields of nanoscale thermal management, near-field solid-state cooling, and nanoscale energy conversion.

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  • Received 2 July 2020
  • Revised 6 October 2020
  • Accepted 26 October 2020

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.224302

© 2020 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied PhysicsAtomic, Molecular & OpticalInterdisciplinary Physics

Authors & Affiliations

M. Reina, R. Messina, and P. Ben-Abdallah*

  • Laboratoire Charles Fabry, UMR 8501, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, 2 Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France

  • *pba@institutoptique.fr

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Vol. 125, Iss. 22 — 27 November 2020

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