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Optical Techniques for Local Measurement

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Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 107))

Abstract

Optical measurement techniques are well suited to many heat transfer problems, insofar as they are non-contact and generally non-invasive. Far-field measurements of infrared thermal emission were for a long time the predominant method. But today these techniques have reached their limits: the spatial resolution is not adequate for micro and nanoheat transfer analysis.

In this Chapter, we shall review the main optical techniques devised recently to overcome these limitations. A great many of these techniques operate in a modulated regime, taking advantage of the excellent signal-to-noise ratio provided by lock-in detection, but also exploiting the spatial confinement of the modulated part of the heat obtained in the alternating regime.

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  1. Centre de Physique Moléculaire Optique et Hertzienne, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux

    Stefan Dilhaire

  2. Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris, University of Paris VI, Paris

    Danièle Fournier

  3. Laboratoire d’Optique Physique, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de Paris, Paris

    Gilles Tessier

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Dilhaire, S., Fournier, D., Tessier, G. Optical Techniques for Local Measurement. In: Volz, S. (eds) Microscale and Nanoscale Heat Transfer. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 107. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/11767862_10

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