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Title: Examining thermal transport through a frequency-domain representation of time-domain thermoreflectance data

Abstract

Laser-based time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) and frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) techniques are widely used for investigating thermal transport at micro- and nano-scales. We demonstrate that data obtained in TDTR measurements can be represented in a frequency-domain form equivalent to FDTR, i.e., in the form of a surface temperature amplitude and phase response to time-harmonic heating. Such a representation is made possible by using a large TDTR delay time window covering the entire pulse repetition interval. We demonstrate the extraction of frequency-domain data up to 1 GHz from TDTR measurements on a sapphire sample coated with a thin layer of aluminum, and show that the frequency dependencies of both the amplitude and phase responses agree well with theory. The proposed method not only allows a direct comparison of TDTR and FDTR data, but also enables measurements at high frequencies currently not accessible to FDTR. The frequency-domain representation helps uncover aspects of the measurement physics which remain obscured in a traditional TDTR measurement, such as the importance of modeling the details of the heat transport in the metal transducer film for analyzing high frequency responses.

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  1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
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Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1385307
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1226605
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577; SC0001299/DE-FG02-09ER46577
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 85; Journal Issue: 12; Related Information: S3TEC partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Boston College; Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; solar (photovoltaic); solar (thermal); solid state lighting; phonons; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric; defects; mechanical behavior; charge transport; spin dynamics; materials and chemistry by design; optics; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly); synthesis (scalable processing)

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Collins, Kimberlee C., Maznev, Alexei A., Cuffe, John, Nelson, Keith A., and Chen, Gang. Examining thermal transport through a frequency-domain representation of time-domain thermoreflectance data. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4903463.
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Collins, Kimberlee C., Maznev, Alexei A., Cuffe, John, Nelson, Keith A., & Chen, Gang. Examining thermal transport through a frequency-domain representation of time-domain thermoreflectance data. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4903463
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Collins, Kimberlee C., Maznev, Alexei A., Cuffe, John, Nelson, Keith A., and Chen, Gang. Mon . "Examining thermal transport through a frequency-domain representation of time-domain thermoreflectance data". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4903463. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1385307.
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@article{osti_1385307,
title = {Examining thermal transport through a frequency-domain representation of time-domain thermoreflectance data},
author = {Collins, Kimberlee C. and Maznev, Alexei A. and Cuffe, John and Nelson, Keith A. and Chen, Gang},
abstractNote = {Laser-based time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR) and frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) techniques are widely used for investigating thermal transport at micro- and nano-scales. We demonstrate that data obtained in TDTR measurements can be represented in a frequency-domain form equivalent to FDTR, i.e., in the form of a surface temperature amplitude and phase response to time-harmonic heating. Such a representation is made possible by using a large TDTR delay time window covering the entire pulse repetition interval. We demonstrate the extraction of frequency-domain data up to 1 GHz from TDTR measurements on a sapphire sample coated with a thin layer of aluminum, and show that the frequency dependencies of both the amplitude and phase responses agree well with theory. The proposed method not only allows a direct comparison of TDTR and FDTR data, but also enables measurements at high frequencies currently not accessible to FDTR. The frequency-domain representation helps uncover aspects of the measurement physics which remain obscured in a traditional TDTR measurement, such as the importance of modeling the details of the heat transport in the metal transducer film for analyzing high frequency responses.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4903463},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 12,
volume = 85,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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