Broadband phonon mean free path contributions to thermal conductivity measured using frequency domain thermoreflectance

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Regner, Keith T ^a   Sellan, Daniel P ^b   Su, Zonghui ^a   Amon, Cristina H ^a,b   McGaughey, Alan J H ^a   Malen, Jonathan A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

SILICON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VIBRATION;

ARTICLE; BROADBAND FREQUENCY DOMAIN THERMOREFLECTANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; HEATING; PHONON; PREDICTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84875793617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2630     Document Type: Article

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