Resonant radiative heat transfer and many-body effects between nanoparticles and a multilayered slab

We derive the formula for the near-field radiative heat transfer between dipole particles and a multilayered slab by combing the transmission Green's function and transfer matrix method. In this framework we study the radiative heat transfer (RHT) from a multilayered slab to a particle and the many-body effect of particles. By adjusting the multilayered structure, we optimize heat exchange and achieve a significant enhancement (as high as 7.6 times) in heat transfer from slab to particle. Enhancement occurs at the particle resonance, owing to the surface resonance modulated to couple with the localized resonance of the particle. The roles of the number of layers and particle-slab distance on the enhancement are discussed. For a system of multiple particles horizontally placed above a multilayered slab, we demonstrate that the RHT from slab to particle is significantly inhibited due to strong particle-particle interaction. Analysis of the particle-particle interaction shows that the match of surface resonance and localized resonance of a particle intensifies the interactions among particles, inhibiting heat transfer from slab to particle. This inhibitory effect plays an important role in the tuning of near-field radiation and near-field thermal microscopy.