Anomalous enhancement of thermal radiation transport by quasidisorder
Abstract
The transition from order to disorder is conventionally regarded as detrimental to solid-state heat transfer in classical wave and quasiparticle systems. In striking contrast, we show that in near-field thermal radiation, breaking long-range order—shifting from periodic to quasiperiodic configurations—induces a counterintuitive enhancement of energy transport. When the transmission structure transitions from a conventional periodic photonic crystal to a quasiperiodic Fibonacci geometry, the radiative heat flux can increase by more than an order of magnitude. This effect arises from delocalized interactions within quasiperiodic elements, where quasiperiodicity relays and amplifies thermal electromagnetic energy transfer across large spatial separations, surpassing even corresponding near-field scenarios. The extraordinary transport properties induced by quasidisorder in near-field thermal radiation could open possibilities for heat-flow manipulation, offering transformative implications for thermal science and advancing the fundamental understanding of collective excitations in non-ordered systems.
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BibTeX
@article{zhou2026anomalous,
title = {{Anomalous enhancement of thermal radiation transport by quasidisorder}},
author = {Cheng-Long Zhou and Xin-Yu Jia and Shui-Hua Yang and Yan Wang and Yong Zhang and Hong-Liang Yi and Mauro Antezza},
journal = {Physical Review B},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.1103/ftcg-p85b},
eprint = {2608.00384},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://hal.science/hal-05643444v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Anomalous enhancement of thermal radiation transport by quasidisorder
AU - Cheng-Long Zhou
AU - Xin-Yu Jia
AU - Shui-Hua Yang
AU - Yan Wang
AU - Yong Zhang
AU - Hong-Liang Yi
AU - Mauro Antezza
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/07
JO - Physical Review B
DO - 10.1103/ftcg-p85b
UR - https://hal.science/hal-05643444v1
AB - The transition from order to disorder is conventionally regarded as detrimental to solid-state heat transfer in classical wave and quasiparticle systems. In striking contrast, we show that in near-field thermal radiation, breaking long-range order—shifting from periodic to quasiperiodic configurations—induces a counterintuitive enhancement of energy transport. When the transmission structure transitions from a conventional periodic photonic crystal to a quasiperiodic Fibonacci geometry, the radiative heat flux can increase by more than an order of magnitude. This effect arises from delocalized interactions within quasiperiodic elements, where quasiperiodicity relays and amplifies thermal electromagnetic energy transfer across large spatial separations, surpassing even corresponding near-field scenarios. The extraordinary transport properties induced by quasidisorder in near-field thermal radiation could open possibilities for heat-flow manipulation, offering transformative implications for thermal science and advancing the fundamental understanding of collective excitations in non-ordered systems.
SN - 2469-9950
SN - 2469-9969
ER -