Near-field thermal radiation transfer controlled by plasmons in graphene

Details Near-field thermal radiation transfer controlled by plasmons in graphene Near-field thermal radiation transfer controlled by plasmons in graphene

2012-01-06

arxiv.org/abs/1201.1489v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

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It is shown that thermally excited plasmon-polariton modes can strongly mediate, enhance and \emph{tune} the near-field radiation transfer between two closely separated graphene sheets. The dependence of near-field heat exchange on doping and electron relaxation time is analyzed in the near infra-red within the framework of fluctuational electrodynamics. The dominant contribution to heat transfer can be controlled to arise from either interband or intraband processes. We predict maximum transfer at low doping and for plasmons in two graphene sheets in resonance, with orders-of-magnitude enhancement (e.g. $10^2$ to $10^3$ for separations between $0.1\mu m$ to $10nm$) over the Stefan-Boltzmann law, known as the far field limit. Strong, tunable, near-field transfer offers the promise of an externally controllable thermal switch as well as a novel hybrid graphene-graphene thermoelectric/thermophotovoltaic energy conversion platform.

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