Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystals

The design and fabrication of phononic crystals (PnCs) hold the key to control the propagation of heat and sound at the nanoscale. However, there is a lack of experimental studies addressing the impact of order/disorder on the phononic properties of PnCs. Here, we present a comparative investigation...

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Autores: Wagner, Markus R.|||0000-0002-7367-5629, Graczykowski, Bartlomiej|||0000-0003-4787-8622, Reparaz, Juan Sebastián|||0000-0001-9679-0075, Sachat, Alexandros el|||0000-0003-3798-9724, Sledzinska, Marianna|||0000-0001-8592-1121, Alzina, Francesc|||0000-0002-7082-0624, Sotomayor Torres, Clivia M.|||0000-0001-9986-2716
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:212892
Acesso em linha:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/212892
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02305
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Phononic crystals
Order
Disorder
Coherence
Roughness
Thermal conductivity
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Resumo:The design and fabrication of phononic crystals (PnCs) hold the key to control the propagation of heat and sound at the nanoscale. However, there is a lack of experimental studies addressing the impact of order/disorder on the phononic properties of PnCs. Here, we present a comparative investigation of the influence of disorder on the hypersonic and thermal properties of two-dimensional PnCs. PnCs of ordered and disordered lattices are fabricated of circular holes with equal filling fractions in free-standing Si membranes. Ultrafast pump and probe spectroscopy (asynchronous optical sampling) and Raman thermometry based on a novel two-laser approach are used to study the phononic properties in the gigahertz (GHz) and terahertz (THz) regime, respectively. Finite element method simulations of the phonon dispersion relation and three-dimensional displacement fields furthermore enable the unique identification of the different hypersonic vibrations. The increase of surface roughness and the introduction of short-range disorder are shown to modify the phonon dispersion and phonon coherence in the hypersonic (GHz) range without affecting the room-temperature thermal conductivity. On the basis of these findings, we suggest a criteria for predicting phonon coherence as a function of roughness and disorder.