Enhanced near-field thermal radiation and reduced Casimir stiction between doped-Si gratings

Tuning near field radiation by doped silicon

Active thermal extraction of near-field thermal radiation

Radiative heat transport between materials supporting surface-phonon polaritons is greatly enhanced when the materials are placed at subwavelength separation as a result of the contribution of near-field surface modes. However, the enhancement is limited to small separations due to the evanescent decay of the surface waves. In this work, we propose and numerically demonstrate an active scheme t...

SUBSTRATUM RADIATION AND CASIMIR EFFECT

A heuristic way to calculate the approximate value of the Casimir force is introduced

Near-field thermal radiation transfer controlled by plasmons in graphene

Ognjen Ilic,1,* Marinko Jablan,2 John D. Joannopoulos,1 Ivan Celanovic,3 Hrvoje Buljan,2 and Marin Soljačić1 1Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 2Department of Physics, University of Zagreb, Bijenička c. 32, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia 3Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...

A MEMS Device Capable of Measuring Near-Field Thermal Radiation between Membranes

For sensors constructed by freestanding membranes, when the gap between a freestanding membrane and the substrate or between membranes is at micron scale, the effects of near-field radiative heat transfer on the sensors' thermal performance should be considered during sensor design. The radiative heat flux is transferred from a membrane to a plane or from a membrane to a membrane. In the curren...