Measurement of Near-field Thermal Radiation between Multilayered Metamaterials

Abstract

The near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between one-dimensional metamaterials comprising phonon dielectric multilayers was experimented. Large sized (1cm x 1cm) near-field samples were fabricated using SiC, SiO2 and Ge layers at a certain gap distance, and the effect of layer stacking order and phonon resonance quality on the NFRHT was examined. The measured results show good agreement with those obtained theoretically employing the transmission matrix method. Super-Planckian blackbody radiation was observed between the emitters and receivers with identical structures. Measurements demonstrate failure of the effective medium theory (EMT) in predicting the near-field heat flux especially in the presence of bounded surface modes, such as the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) mode. Analyses also indicate that, in certain cases, the EMT can provide reasonable physical insight into the underlying coupling process from the perspective of homogenized media. The conditions to apply the EMT in the near-field regime was also touched upon.

18 pages,5 figures

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