Anisotropy of the Thermal Conductivity in GaAs/AlAs Superlattices
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We combine the transient thermal grating and time-domain thermoreflectance techniques to characterize the anisotropic thermal conductivities of GaAs/AlAs superlattices from the same wafer. The transient grating technique is sensitive only to the in-plane thermal conductivity, while time-domain thermoreflectance is sensitive to the thermal conductivity in the cross-plane direction, making them a powerful combination to address the challenges associated with characterizing anisotropic heat conduction in thin films. We compare the experimental results from the GaAs/AlAs superlattices with first-principles calculations and previous measurements of Si/Ge SLs. The measured anisotropy is smaller than that of Si/Ge SLs, consistent with both the mass-mismatch picture of interface scattering and with the results of calculations from density-functional perturbation theory with interface mixing included.
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The thermal conductivity of superlattices and nanolaminates has been extensively characterized using TDTR over the last 15 years.
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- Authors
- Luckyanova, M. N., Johnson, J. A., Maznev, A. A., Garg, J., Jandl, A., Bulsara, M. T., Fitzgerald, E. A., Nelson, K. A., & Chen, G.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chen, Gang
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nano Letters
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2013-08-20
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 3973-3977
- ISSN
- 1530-6984 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-6992
- OpenAlex
- W2320090656
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nano Letters (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy (DESC0001299)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Thermal properties of materials
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
- Keywords
- anisotropic thermal conductivity, GaAs/AlAs superlattices, transient thermal grating, time-domain thermoreflectance, in-plane thermal conductivity, through-plane thermal conductivity, interface scattering, mass mismatch, density functional perturbation theory, Si/Ge superlattices
- MeSH terms
- Arsenicals, Gallium, Hot Temperature, Molecular Weight, Silicon, Thermal Conductivity, Anisotropy, Nanostructures
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