The phenomenon of photon tunneling, which depends on evanescent waves for radiative transfer, has important applications in microscale energy conversion devices and near-field optical microscopy. In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the so-called negative index materials (NIMs), which have simultaneously negative electric permittivity and negative magnetic permeability. The present work investigates photon tunneling in multilayer structures consisting of positive index materials (PIMs) and NIMs. Some features, such as the enhancement of radiative transfer by the excitation of surface polaritons for both polarizations, are observed in the predicted transmittance spectra. The influence of the number of layers on the transmittance is also examined. The results suggest that the enhanced tunneling transmittance by polaritons also depends on the NIM layer thickness and that subdividing the PIM/NIM layers to enhance polariton coupling can reduce the effect of material loss on the tunneling transmittance.
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Energy Transmission by Photon Tunneling in Multilayer Structures Including Negative Index Materials
C. J. Fu,
C. J. Fu
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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Z. M. Zhang,
Z. M. Zhang
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
e-mail: zzhang@mail.me.gatech.edu
Georgia Institute of Technology
, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
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D. B. Tanner
D. B. Tanner
Department of Physics,
University of Florida
, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
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C. J. Fu
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
Z. M. Zhang
George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology
, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USAe-mail: zzhang@mail.me.gatech.edu
D. B. Tanner
Department of Physics,
University of Florida
, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USAJ. Heat Transfer. Sep 2005, 127(9): 1046-1052 (7 pages)
Published Online: January 26, 2005
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August 12, 2004
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January 26, 2005
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Fu, C. J., Zhang, Z. M., and Tanner, D. B. (January 26, 2005). "Energy Transmission by Photon Tunneling in Multilayer Structures Including Negative Index Materials." ASME. J. Heat Transfer. September 2005; 127(9): 1046–1052. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2010495
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