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Title: Wide bandwidth frequency-domain thermoreflectance: Volumetric heat capacity, anisotropic thermal conductivity, and thickness measurements

Abstract

A frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) system with a frequency range of 1 Hz to 75 MHz is presented. The wide bandwidth of pump modulation frequency enables enhanced simultaneous thermophysical property characterization of bulk and thin-film materials. The wide bandwidth FDTR system is demonstrated with simultaneous measurements of in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivities of sapphire and muscovite mica, thickness and thermal conductivity of gold/titanium thin films, and isotropic thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity of lithium niobate and silicon. Thermophysical properties measured with FDTR are compared to literature values or independent measurements for verification. Finally, at low frequencies, a negligible error was achieved in the numerical integration of the heat diffusion equation with a Gauss–Legendre quadrature method solved with 400 integration points and an upper integration limit of 16weff, where weff is the effective pump–probe 1/e2 radius.

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OSTI Identifier:
1970593
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Journal Name:
Review of Scientific Instruments
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Volume: 91 Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Ziade, Elbara. Wide bandwidth frequency-domain thermoreflectance: Volumetric heat capacity, anisotropic thermal conductivity, and thickness measurements. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0021917.
Ziade, Elbara. Wide bandwidth frequency-domain thermoreflectance: Volumetric heat capacity, anisotropic thermal conductivity, and thickness measurements. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021917
Ziade, Elbara. Wed . "Wide bandwidth frequency-domain thermoreflectance: Volumetric heat capacity, anisotropic thermal conductivity, and thickness measurements". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021917.
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abstractNote = {A frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR) system with a frequency range of 1 Hz to 75 MHz is presented. The wide bandwidth of pump modulation frequency enables enhanced simultaneous thermophysical property characterization of bulk and thin-film materials. The wide bandwidth FDTR system is demonstrated with simultaneous measurements of in-plane and cross-plane thermal conductivities of sapphire and muscovite mica, thickness and thermal conductivity of gold/titanium thin films, and isotropic thermal conductivity and volumetric heat capacity of lithium niobate and silicon. Thermophysical properties measured with FDTR are compared to literature values or independent measurements for verification. Finally, at low frequencies, a negligible error was achieved in the numerical integration of the heat diffusion equation with a Gauss–Legendre quadrature method solved with 400 integration points and an upper integration limit of 16weff, where weff is the effective pump–probe 1/e2 radius.},
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journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2020}
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