Nanoscale thermal radiation between two gold surfaces
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Shen, Sheng; Mavrokefalos, Anastassios; Sambegoro, Poetro Lebdo; Chen, Gang
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In this letter, we measured the nanoscale thermal radiation between a microsphere and a substrate which were both coated with thick gold films. Although gold is highly reflective for thermal radiation, the radiative heat transfer between two gold surfaces was demonstrated to be significantly enhanced at nanoscale gaps beyond the blackbody radiation limit due to the tunneling of non-resonant evanescent waves. The measured heat transfer coefficient between two gold surfaces agreed well with theoretical prediction. At a gap d = 30 nm ± 5 nm, the heat transfer coefficient between two gold surfaces was observed to be as large as ∼400 W/m[superscript 2]·K, much greater than the blackbody radiation limit (∼5 W/m[superscript 2]·K).
Date issued
2012-06Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of EngineeringJournal
Applied Physics Letters
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Citation
Shen, Sheng et al. “Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Between Two Gold Surfaces.” Applied Physics Letters 100.23 (2012): 233114. ©2012 American Institute of Physics
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ISSN
0003-6951
1077-3118