{
  "id": "1809.08829",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2018-09-24T10:20:59.000Z",
  "updated": "2018-09-24T10:20:59.000Z",
  "title": "Near-field radiative heat transfer in the presence of edge states",
  "authors": [
    "Gaomin Tang",
    "Han Hoe Yap",
    "Jie Ren",
    "Jian-Sheng Wang"
  ],
  "comment": "6 pages, 4 figures, comments are welcome",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We find that localized electronic edge states can greatly change the properties of heat radiation in the near field. With near-field heat radiation between the surfaces harbouring edge states, not only is heat current extremely enhanced, its dependence on vacuum gap distance becomes non-monotonic as well. The underlying mechanisms are uncovered from the simple Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chains, and the realization is demonstrated using zigzag single-walled carbon nanotubes. An active radiative thermal switch can be realized by modulating heat current through tuning the presence or absence of edge states.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2018-09-24T10:20:59.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "near-field radiative heat transfer",
      "heat current",
      "vacuum gap distance",
      "near-field heat radiation",
      "localized electronic edge states"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 6,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}