Title :
Non-contact cooling using radiative heat transfer at nanoscale gaps
Author :
Guha, Biswajeet ; Otey, Clayton ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Fan, Shuang ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate cooling of a SiO2 membrane using near-field radiative heat transfer between the membrane and a SiO2 coated probe. Such a scheme can be used for non-contact cooling and precision measurement of near-field radiation.
Keywords :
cooling; heat radiation; membranes; radiative transfer; silicon compounds; SiO2; nanoscale gaps; near-field radiation; near-field radiative heat transfer; noncontact cooling; precision measurement; silica coated probe; silica membrane cooling; Heat transfer; Optical surface waves; Probes; Resistance; Resistors; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
