Radiative heat and momentum transfer from materials with broken symmetries: opinion
Simo Pajovic, Yoichiro Tsurimaki, Xin Qian, Svetlana V. Boriskina
Abstract
Broken inversion and time reversal symmetries affect the electromagnetic wave modes supported by continuous media, which in turn governs thermal radiation and enables control of radiative heat, linear momentum, and angular momentum transfer. We identify opportunities for exploring thermal radiation in inversion symmetry- and time reversal symmetry-breaking materials and compare and contrast radiative transport phenomena in these systems, especially nonreciprocity. Application of these phenomena can lead to novel methods of thermal management, tunability, and object manipulation at short length scales.
Topics & Concepts
Radiative transferThermal radiationAngular momentumPoint reflectionMomentum transferPhysicsHomogeneous spaceThermalHeat transferMomentum (technical analysis)Inversion (geology)Electromagnetic radiationComputational physicsOpticsClassical mechanicsQuantum electrodynamicsMechanicsCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsScatteringThermodynamicsGeometryPaleontologyFinanceEconomicsBiologyStructural basinMathematicsThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesMetamaterials and Metasurfaces ApplicationsOptical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials