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Title: Relation between photon thermal Hall effect and persistent heat current in nonreciprocal radiative heat transfer

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

In this work, we study the photon thermal Hall effect and the persistent heat current in radiative heat transfer. We show that the photon thermal Hall effect is not a uniquely nonreciprocal effect; it can arise in some reciprocal systems with broken-mirror symmetry. This is in contrast with the persistent heat current, which is a uniquely nonreciprocal effect that cannot exist in any reciprocal system. Nevertheless, for a specific class of systems with C4 rotational symmetry, we note that the photon thermal Hall effect is uniquely nonreciprocal, and moreover there is a direct connection between the persistent heat current and the photon thermal Hall effect. In the near-equilibrium regime, the magnitude of the photon thermal Hall effect is proportional to the temperature derivative of the persistent heat current in such systems. Therefore, the persistent heat current as predicted for the equilibrium situation can be probed by the photon thermal Hall effect away from equilibrium.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits (PTL); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0019140; W911NF-19-1-0279
OSTI ID:
1767738
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 20; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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