Fluctuation-electrodynamic theory and dynamics of heat transfer in systems of multiple dipoles

Riccardo Messina, Maria Tschikin, Svend-Age Biehs, and Philippe Ben-Abdallah
Phys. Rev. B 88, 104307 – Published 30 September 2013

Abstract

A general fluctuation-electrodynamic theory is developed to investigate radiative heat exchanges between objects that are assumed to be small compared with their thermal wavelength (dipolar approximation) in N-body systems immersed in a thermal bath. This theoretical framework is applied to study the dynamic of heating or cooling of three-body systems. We show that many-body interactions allow us to tailor the temperature field distribution and to drastically change the time scale of thermal relaxation processes.

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  • Received 20 June 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.104307

©2013 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Riccardo Messina1,*, Maria Tschikin2, Svend-Age Biehs2, and Philippe Ben-Abdallah1,†

  • 1Laboratoire Charles Fabry, UMR 8501, Institut d’Optique, CNRS, Université Paris–Sud 11, 2, Avenue Augustin Fresnel, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France
  • 2Institut für Physik, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, D-26111 Oldenburg, Germany

  • *riccardo.messina@institutoptique.fr
  • pba@institutoptique.fr

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Vol. 88, Iss. 10 — 1 September 2013

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