Strong slowing down of the thermalization of solids interacting in the extreme near field - Groupe Nanophotonique Accéder directement au contenu
Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B Année : 2021

Strong slowing down of the thermalization of solids interacting in the extreme near field

Résumé

When two solids at different temperatures are separated by a vacuum gap they relax toward their equilibrium state by exchanging heat either by radiation, phonon or electron tunneling, depending on their separation distance and on the nature of materials. The interplay between this exchange of energy and its spreading through each solid entirely drives the relaxation dynamics. Here we highlight a significant slowing down of this process in the extreme near-field regime at distances where the heat flux exchanged between the two solids is comparable or even dominates over the flux carried by conduction inside each solid. This mechanism, leading to a strong effective increase of the system thermal inertia, should play an important role in the temporal evolution of thermal state of interacting solids systems at nanometric and subnanometric scales.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
ArticleCoupl_v12.pdf (2.09 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origine : Fichiers produits par l'(les) auteur(s)

Dates et versions

hal-03371665 , version 1 (11-10-2021)

Identifiants

Citer

M. Reina, R. Messina, Philippe Ben-Abdallah. Strong slowing down of the thermalization of solids interacting in the extreme near field. Physical Review B, 2021, 104 (10), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.104.L100305⟩. ⟨hal-03371665⟩
50 Consultations
24 Téléchargements

Altmetric

Partager

Gmail Facebook X LinkedIn More