Phonon‐Dominated Energy Transport in Purely Metallic Heterostructures

Herzog, Marc; von Reppert, Alexander; Pudell, Jan‐Etienne; Henkel, Carsten; Kronseder, Matthias; Back, Christian H.; Maznev, Alexei A.; Bargheer, Matias

doi:10.1002/adfm.202206179

Title: Phonon‐Dominated Energy Transport in Purely Metallic Heterostructures

Journal Article · 14 August 2022 · Advanced Functional Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202206179 · OSTI ID:1881509

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Institut für Physik &, Astronomie Universität Potsdam Karl‐Liebknecht‐Str. 24‐25 14476 Potsdam Germany
Institut für Physik &, Astronomie Universität Potsdam Karl‐Liebknecht‐Str. 24‐25 14476 Potsdam Germany, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Albert‐Einstein‐Str. 15 12489 Berlin Germany, European XFEL Holzkoppel 4 22869 Schenefeld Germany
Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik Universität Regensburg Universitätsstraße 31 93053 Regensburg Germany, Physics Department Technical University Munich 85748 Garching Germany
Physics Department Technical University Munich 85748 Garching Germany
Department of Chemistry Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge MA 02139 USA
Institut für Physik &, Astronomie Universität Potsdam Karl‐Liebknecht‐Str. 24‐25 14476 Potsdam Germany, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Albert‐Einstein‐Str. 15 12489 Berlin Germany

Abstract Ultrafast X‐ray diffraction is used to quantify the transport of energy in laser‐excited nanoscale gold–nickel (Au–Ni) bilayers. Electron transport and efficient electron–phonon coupling in Ni convert the laser‐deposited energy in the conduction electrons within a few picoseconds into a strong non‐equilibrium between hot Ni and cold Au phonons at the bilayer interface. Modeling of the subsequent equilibration dynamics within various two‐temperature models confirms that for ultrathin Au films, the thermal transport is dominated by phonons instead of conduction electrons because of the weak electron–phonon coupling in Au.

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Research Organization:: Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0019126

OSTI ID:: 1881509

Journal Information:: Advanced Functional Materials, Journal Name: Advanced Functional Materials Journal Issue: 41 Vol. 32; ISSN 1616-301X

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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