Title :
Surface-phonon polariton mediated radiative transfer between two dielectric spheres
Author :
Sasihithlu, Karthik ; Narayanaswamy, Arvind
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
Surface phonon polariton mediated radiative transfer between two spheres of equal radii R and minimum gap d has been shown to scale as R/d as d/R → 0. A modified form of the proximity approximation to predict near-field radiative transfer between two spheres has also been discussed.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; phonons; polaritons; radiative transfer; dielectric spheres; near-field radiative transfer; proximity approximation; surface-phonon polariton mediated radiative transfer; Approximation methods; Dielectrics; Green´s function methods; Heat transfer; Nanoscale devices; Resonant frequency; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
