Beyond Stefan-Boltzmann Law: Thermal Hyper-Conductivity
Optics
2016-11-17 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Abstract
We demonstrate that the broadband divergence of the photonic density of states in hyperbolic metamaterials leads to giant increase in radiative heat transfer, beyond the limit set by the Stefan-Boltzmann law. The resulting radiative thermal "hyper-conductivity" may approach or even exceed heat conductivity via electrons and phonons in regular solids.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1109.5444,
title = {Beyond Stefan-Boltzmann Law: Thermal Hyper-Conductivity},
author = {Evgenii E. Narimanov and Igor I. Smolyaninov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.5444},
year = {2016}
}