Maximum energy transfer in near-field thermal radiation at nanometer distances

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Basu, S ^a   Zhang, Z M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK BODY RADIATION; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; EMERGING APPLICATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTING; IMAGINARY PARTS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANO SCALE; NANOMETER DISTANCE; NEAR FIELD RADIATION; NEAR-FIELD; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARALLEL PLATES; PHOTON TUNNELING; RADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE HEAT FLUXES; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SUBNANOMETER; SURFACE POLARITONS; THERMAL RADIATIONS; UPPER LIMITS; VACUUM GAP; WAVE-VECTOR COMPONENTS;

ANTENNA RADIATION; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; HEAT RADIATION; PHOTONS; VACUUM;

ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 67249163321     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3125453     Document Type: Article

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