Nano-scale thermal transfer -- an invitation to fluctuation electrodynamics
Optics
2021-08-06 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
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.
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@article{arxiv.1609.08332,
title = {Nano-scale thermal transfer -- an invitation to fluctuation electrodynamics},
author = {Carsten Henkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.08332},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
4 figures, special issue "Heat Transfer and Heat Conduction on the Nanoscale" edited by Svend-Age Biehs, Philippe Ben-Abdallah, and Achim Kittel