Single-mode heat conduction by photons

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7116, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Meschke, Matthias ^a   Guichard, Wiebke ^a,b   Pekola, Jukka P ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC INSULATING COATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FERMIONS; JOSEPHSON JUNCTION DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY; SQUIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ELECTRONIC HEAT CONDUCTION; ELECTRONIC MICRO-REFRIGERATORS; PHOTON RADIATION; SINGLE-MODE HEAT CONDUCTION;

PHOTONS;

LEAD; METAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT BALANCE; LOW TEMPERATURE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; BOSON; CONDUCTOR; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON; ENVIRONMENT; FERMION; HEAT EXCHANGE; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLE; PHONON; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRIGERATOR; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33750865968     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05276     Document Type: Article

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