Ballistic thermal transport in a cylindrical semiconductor nanowire modulated with bridge contacts
- Department of Mathematics and Physics, Hunan Institute of Technology, Hengyang 421002 (China)
- Department of Physics and Electronics Information, Hunan Institute of Science and Technology, Yueyang 414004 (China)
Using the scattering-matrix method, we studied ballistic phonon transmission and thermal conductance at low temperatures in a cylindrical quantum wire with bridge contacts. The transmission coefficient exhibited a stepped profile, which became more evident as the bridge radius increased. When the dimensions of the bridge are identical to those of main wires, we observed a quantum platform of the thermal conductance, even in the presence of interface scattering. When the dimensions of the bridge are smaller than those of main wires, however, we could not observe the quantum platform. We also revealed other interesting physical properties, such as universal quantum thermal conductance and resonant transmission. A brief analysis of these results is given.
- OSTI ID:
- 22305800
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 14; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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