Thermal conductivity of Si/SiGe superlattices

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

Volumn 369, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 223-229

  Huxtable, Scott T ^a   Majumdar, Arun ^a   LaBounty, Chris ^b   Zeng, Gehong ^b   Shakouri, Ali ^c   Abramson, Alexis R ^a   Tien, Chang Lin ^a   Fan, Xiaofeng ^b   Bowers, John E ^b   Croke, Edward T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^d Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface; SiGe; Superlattice; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDENCE; HEATING POWER;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; PHONONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLID STATE DEVICES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMIONIC TUBES;

SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 12144287619     PISSN: 02725673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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