Focalization of Heat Waves in an Inhomogeneous System
2019 ◽
Vol 44
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pp. 303-313
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Abstract Curved interfaces between material media with different characteristic speed for heat waves may be the basis for thermal lenses, concentrating the energy carried by parallel thermal rays on a focal point. This may be of practical use for the amplification of thermal signals and for the development of sensitive thermal sensors. When dissipative attenuation effects are taken into account, it turns out that these lenses could be of special interest in miniaturized probes, or in micro/nanosystems, and the optimization of the thermal lens for signal amplification may be calculated.
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