Quantum-coupling between closely-spaced surfaces via transverse photons
| dc.creator | Sinha, K. P. | |
| dc.creator | Meulenberg, A. | |
| dc.creator | Hagelstein, P. L. | |
| dc.date | 2006-06-07 | |
| dc.date | 2006-10-16 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:12:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:12:31Z | |
| dc.description | A quantum-mechanical formulation of energy transfer between closely spaced surfaces is given. Coupling between the two surfaces arises from the atomic dipole-dipole interaction involving transverse-photon exchange. The exchange of photons at resonance enhances the radiation transfer. The interaction between two surfaces, separated by a gap, is found to be dependent upon geometric, material, frequency, dipole, and temperature factors, along with a radiation-tunneling factor for the evanescent waves. The derived geometric term has a gap-spacing (distance) dependence that varies inversely as the second power for bulk samples to the inverse fourth power for the quantum well - quantum well case. Expressions for the net power transfer, in the near-field regime, from hot to cold surface for this case is given and evaluated for representative materials. | |
| dc.description | 7 pages, 3 figures, Cleaned up Abstract. Minor improvements to text and references. Reduced file size | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606184 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0606184 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/112099 | |
| dc.subject | Materials Science | |
| dc.subject | Quantum Physics | |
| dc.title | Quantum-coupling between closely-spaced surfaces via transverse photons | |
| dc.type | text |