Beyond Stefan-Boltzmann Law: Thermal Hyper-Conductivity
Abstract
We demonstrate that the broadband divergence of the photonic density of states in hyperbolic metamaterials leads to giant increase in radiative heat transfer, beyond the limit set by the Stefan-Boltzmann law. The resulting radiative thermal "hyper-conductivity" may approach the heat conductivity via electrons and phonons in regular solids. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
Keywords
NEGATIVE REFRACTION; OPTICAL HYPERLENS; METAMATERIALS
DOI
10.1364/QELS.2012.QM2E.1
Citation
Beyond Stefan-Boltzmann law: Thermal hyper-conductivity Evgenii E. Narimanov; Igor I. Smolyaninov 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Year: 2012 Pages: 1 - 2
Date of this Version
5-6-2012
Recommended Citation
Narimanov, Evgenii E. and Smolyaninov, Igor I., "Beyond Stefan-Boltzmann Law: Thermal Hyper-Conductivity" (2012). Birck and NCN Publications. Paper 1266.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QM2E.1