scholarly journals Resonant acoustic-phonon modes in a quantum wire

1995 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 5279-5288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norihiko Nishiguchi
2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 3019-3022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou Yuexia ◽  
Xu Wen ◽  
Hu Jiaguang ◽  
Xiao Yiming
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Author(s):  
Osama M. Mukdadi ◽  
Subhendu K. Datta ◽  
Martin L. Dunn

Acoustic phonons play a critical role in energy transport in nanostructures. The dispersion of acoustic phonons strongly influences thermal conductivity. Recent observations show lower values of thermal conductivity in finite dimensional nanostructures than in the bulk material. In this work, we will present results for guided acoustic phonon modes in (a) a bilayered GaAs-Nb nanowire of rectangular cross section and (b) a trapezoidal Si nanowire. The former has been used for phonon counting in a nanocalorimeter for measuring thermal conductivity and the latter is commonly used in MEMS applications. A semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) analysis technique has been used to investigate the effects of layering, anisotropy, and boundaries on the dispersion of modes of propagation. Many interesting features of group velocities are found that show confinements around the corners, in the low velocity layer, and coupling of the longitudinal and flexural modes. These would strongly influence thermal conductivity and might provide means of nondestrutive evaluation of mechanical properties.


2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (47) ◽  
pp. 11905-11910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryeh Gold-Parker ◽  
Peter M. Gehring ◽  
Jonathan M. Skelton ◽  
Ian C. Smith ◽  
Dan Parshall ◽  
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Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have become an important class of semiconductors for solar cells and other optoelectronic applications. Electron–phonon coupling plays a critical role in all optoelectronic devices, and although the lattice dynamics and phonon frequencies of HOIPs have been well studied, little attention has been given to phonon lifetimes. We report high-precision momentum-resolved measurements of acoustic phonon lifetimes in the hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI), using inelastic neutron spectroscopy to provide high-energy resolution and fully deuterated single crystals to reduce incoherent scattering from hydrogen. Our measurements reveal extremely short lifetimes on the order of picoseconds, corresponding to nanometer mean free paths and demonstrating that acoustic phonons are unable to dissipate heat efficiently. Lattice-dynamics calculations using ab initio third-order perturbation theory indicate that the short lifetimes stem from strong three-phonon interactions and a high density of low-energy optical phonon modes related to the degrees of freedom of the organic cation. Such short lifetimes have significant implications for electron–phonon coupling in MAPI and other HOIPs, with direct impacts on optoelectronic devices both in the cooling of hot carriers and in the transport and recombination of band edge carriers. These findings illustrate a fundamental difference between HOIPs and conventional photovoltaic semiconductors and demonstrate the importance of understanding lattice dynamics in the effort to develop metal halide perovskite optoelectronic devices.


2009 ◽  
Vol 80 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Halabica ◽  
S. T. Pantelides ◽  
R. F. Haglund ◽  
R. H. Magruder ◽  
A. Meldrum
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1999 ◽  
Vol 263-264 ◽  
pp. 170-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J Kent ◽  
A.J Naylor ◽  
I.A Pentland ◽  
P Hawker ◽  
M Henini

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 75-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. ZHANG

Under the dielectric continuum model and Loudon's uniaxial crystal model, the interface optical (IO) phonon modes in a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) wurtzite rectangular quantum wire are deduced and analyzed. Numerical calculation on a wurtzite GaN/AlN rectangular wurtzite quantum wire was performed. Results reveal that the dispersion frequencies of IO modes sensitively depend on the geometric structures of the Q1D wurtzite rectangular quantum wires. The degenerating behavior of the IO phonon modes in the Q1D wurtzite rectangular quantum wire has been clearly observed for small free wave number kz in z-direction. The limited frequency behaviors of IO modes have been analyzed deeply, and detailed comparisons with those in wurtzite planar quantum wells and cylindrical quantum wires are also done. Moreover, once the anisotropy of the wurtzite material has been ignored, the present theories can be naturally reduced to the situation of Q1D cubic rectangular quantum wire systems.


2007 ◽  
Vol 21 (17) ◽  
pp. 2989-3000
Author(s):  
XIANG-FU ZHAO ◽  
CUI-HONG LIU

The scattering intensity (SI) for an electron resonant Raman scattering (ERRS) process in a free-standing semiconductor quantum wire of cylindrical geometry associated with bulk longitudinal optical (LO) phonon modes or the surface optical (SO) phonon modes is calculated for T=0 K . The Fröhlich interaction is considered to illustrate the theory for a GaAs system. Electron states are confined within a free-standing quantum wire (FSW). Single parabolic conduction and valence bands are assumed. The selection rules are studied. Numerical results and a discussion are also presented for various radii of the cylindrical quantum wires.


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