Near-field radiative heat transfer in many-body systems
Svend‐Age Biehs, Riccardo Messina, Prashanth S. Venkataram, Alejandro W. Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Cuevas, Philippe Ben‐Abdallah
Abstract
Near-field radiative heat transfer refers to the transport of thermal energy by electromagnetic radiation between objects separated by less than a thermal wavelength. It involves tunneling processes that can lead to large deviations from Planck's law for blackbody radiation. These problems are of interest at a fundamental level and for devices that exploit heat transport on the nanoscale. This review summarizes the current state of this important field.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsBlack-body radiationThermal radiationRadiative transferHeat transferThermalRadiant energyField (mathematics)Thermal conductionRadiative coolingWavelengthElectromagnetic fieldRadiationComputational physicsQuantum electrodynamicsMechanicsThermodynamicsOpticsQuantum mechanicsPure mathematicsMathematicsThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsQuantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect