2008/08/12 by Svend‐Age Biehs, Svend-Age Biehs, Oliver Huth +1 · 1 citation
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational physics #Computer science #Constant (computer programming) #Field (mathematics) #Geometry #Heat transfer #Materials science #Mathematics #Mechanics #Near and far field #Optical properties and cooling technologies in crystalline materials #Optics #Physics #Planar #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #Radiative transfer #Surface (topology) #Thermal #Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies #Thermal radiation #Thermodynamics #cond-mat.mes-hall #quant-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.78.085414
published as Phys. Rev. B 78, 085414 (2008)
openalex publication_date 2008/08/12 · arxiv created 2011/03/15 · arxiv updated 2015/05/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We apply an analytical approach for determining the near-field radiative heat transfer between a metallic nanosphere and a planar semi-infinite medium with some given surface structure. This approach is based on a perturbative expansion, and evaluated to first order in the surface profile. With the help of numerical results obtained for some simple model geometries we discuss typical signatures that should be obtainable with a near-field scanning thermal microscope operated in either constant-height or constant-distance mode.