Theory of many-body radiative heat transfer without the constraint of reciprocity

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关键词: NEAR-FIELD;    THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;    HYPERBOLIC METAMATERIALS;    THERMAL-RADIATION;    ADDITION THEOREM;    NANOSCALE GAPS;    NANOSTRUCTURES;    FLUCTUATIONS;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.97.094302

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Using a self-consistent scattered field approach based on fluctuational electrodynamics, we develop compact formulas for radiative heat transfer in many-body systems without the constraint of reciprocity. The formulas allow for efficient numerical calculation for a system consisting of a large number of bodies, and are in principle exact. As a demonstration, for a nonreciprocal many-body system, we investigate persistent heat current at thermal equilibrium and directional heat transfer when the system is away from thermal equilibrium.

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