Raman scattering on silicon nanowires: The thermal conductivity of the environment determines the optical phonon frequency

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Scheel, H ^a   Reich, S ^b   Ferrari, A C ^c   Cantoro, M ^c   Colli, A ^c   Thomsen, C ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT GASES; OPTICAL PHONON FREQUENCY; SILICON NANOWIRES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF GASES; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33745024490     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2210292     Document Type: Article

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