title: Mesoscopic description of radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale.
abstract: We present a formulation of the nanoscale radiative heat transfer using concepts of mesoscopic physics. We introduce the analog of the Sharvin conductance using the quantum of thermal conductance. The formalism provides a convenient framework to analyze the physics of radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale. Finally, we propose a radiative heat transfer experiment in the regime of quantized conductance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d'Optique, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Campus Polytechnique, RD128, 91127 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
authors.forename: S-A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Biehs
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rousseau
authors.forename: J-J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Greffet