Radiative Exchange of Heat Between Nanostructures - a Quantum Story

Abstract

These presentation slides contain information regarding the radiative exchange of heat between nanostructures. Photon tunnelling dominates radiative transfer between nanostructures. There is a simple formuula for heat flow related to the dielectric properties of the nanostructures. Quantities entering the theory also occur in the theory of quantum friction. Photon tunnelling is a previously ignored source of heat flow and will have dramatic consequences for heat in nanostructures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA400900

Entities

People

  • John B. Pendry

Organizations

  • Imperial College London

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Conductivity
  • Dielectric Properties
  • Energy
  • Evanescent Waves
  • Films
  • Frequency
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transmission
  • Materials
  • Nanostructures
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Information Science
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thin Films

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing