Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer Modulation with an Ultrahigh Dynamic Range through Mode MismatchingShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Nano Letters, ISSN 1530-6984, E-ISSN 1530-6992, Vol. 22, no 19, p. 7753-7760Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Modulating near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) with a high dynamic range is challenging in nanoscale thermal science and engineering. Modulation depths [(maximum value - minimum value)/(maximum value + minimum value) × 100%] of ≈2% to ≈15.7% have been reported with matched modes, but breaking the constraint of mode matching theoretically allows for higher modulation depth. We demonstrate a modulation depth of ≈32.2% by a pair of graphene-covered SU8 heterostructures at a gap distance of ≈80 nm. Dissimilar Fermi levels tuned by bias voltages enable mismatched surface plasmon polaritons which improves the modulation. The modulation depth when switching from a matched mode to a mismatched mode is ≈4.4-fold compared to that when switching between matched modes. This work shows the importance of symmetry in polariton-mediated NFRHT and represents the largest modulation depth to date in a two-body system with fixed gap distance and temperature.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2022. Vol. 22, no 19, p. 7753-7760
Keywords [en]
fluctuational electrodynamics, graphene, mode mismatching, modulation of near-field radiative heat transfer, radiative heat transfer measurement, surface plasmon polaritons coupling, Electrodynamics, Electromagnetic wave polarization, Heat transfer, Modulation, Phonons, Photons, Radiative transfer, Surface plasmon resonance, Thermal Engineering, Heat transfer measurements, Near fields, Plasmon-polaritons, Radiative heat transfer, Surface plasmon polariton coupling, Surface-plasmon
National Category
Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-328114DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01286ISI: 000869919500001PubMedID: 36162118Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85139186294OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-328114DiVA, id: diva2:1762115
Note
QC 20230602
2023-06-022023-06-022023-06-02Bibliographically approved