Nonreciprocal radiative heat transfer between two planar bodies
Optics
2020-02-12 v1
Abstract
We develop an analytical framework for nonreciprocal radiative heat transfer in two-body planar systems. Based on our formalism, we identify effects that are uniquely nonreciprocal in near-field heat transfer in planar systems. We further introduce a general thermodynamic constraint that is applicable for both reciprocal and nonreciprocal planar systems, in agreement with the second law of thermodynamics. We numerically demonstrate our findings in an example system consisting of magneto-optical materials. Our formalism applies to both near- and far-field regimes, opening opportunities for exploiting nonreciprocity in two-body radiative heat transfer systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.03504,
title = {Nonreciprocal radiative heat transfer between two planar bodies},
author = {Lingling Fan and Yu Guo and Georgia T. Papadakis and Bo Zhao and Zhexin Zhao and Siddharth Buddhiraju and Meir Orenstein and Shanhui Fan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.03504},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
9 pages, 4 figures. Initial announce: Oct. 20th, 2019