Polarisation of heat waves

interestings question....
Am not an expert in this area but I suspect there are 2 parts to this question

1) in an object say a chunk of heated iron, the heat is being generated by the motion/vibration of atoms/molecules ( small scale/large scale)

2) but the radiated heat we feel is primarily infra-red radiation, which is electromagnetic in nature and that can be polarised

lets see how the more knowledgeable answer this :)

Dave

 

If you model heat transport with phonons, then yes- phonons have a polarization state.

 

Heat itself doesn't have temperature.
As far as electromagnetic radiation is concerned, only isotropic blackbody radiation has a well defined temperature. You may put a polarizer in an oven, but it won't change the polarization or temperature of the blackbody radiation once it has the same temperature as the oven. So the answer is negative, you can't create polarized radiation with a well defined temperature.