Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations
Abstract
Thermal conductivity of crystalline GaAs is calculated using first-principles lattice dynamics. The harmonic and cubic force constants are obtained by fitting them to the force-displacement data from density functional theory calculations. Phonon dispersion is calculated from a dynamical matrix constructed using the harmonic force constants and phonon relaxation times are calculated using Fermi's Golden rule. The calculated GaAs thermal conductivity agrees well with experimental data. Thermal conductivity accumulations as a function of the phonon mean free path and as a function of the wavelength are obtained. Our results predict a significant size effect on the GaAs thermal conductivity in the nanoscale. Relaxation times of optical phonons and their contributions from different scattering channels are also studied. Such information will help the understanding of hot phonon effects in GaAs-based devices.
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- Univ. of Notre Dame, IN (United States). Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Mechanical Engineering
- Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Mechanical Engineering
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- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1381947
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001299
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Europhysics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 0295-5075
- Publisher:
- IOP Publishing
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
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Luo, Tengfei, Garg, Jivtesh, Shiomi, Junichiro, Esfarjani, Keivan, and Chen, Gang. Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations. United States: N. p., 2013.
Web. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/101/16001.
Luo, Tengfei, Garg, Jivtesh, Shiomi, Junichiro, Esfarjani, Keivan, & Chen, Gang. Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/101/16001
Luo, Tengfei, Garg, Jivtesh, Shiomi, Junichiro, Esfarjani, Keivan, and Chen, Gang. Thu .
"Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/101/16001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1381947.
@article{osti_1381947,
title = {Gallium arsenide thermal conductivity and optical phonon relaxation times from first-principles calculations},
author = {Luo, Tengfei and Garg, Jivtesh and Shiomi, Junichiro and Esfarjani, Keivan and Chen, Gang},
abstractNote = {Thermal conductivity of crystalline GaAs is calculated using first-principles lattice dynamics. The harmonic and cubic force constants are obtained by fitting them to the force-displacement data from density functional theory calculations. Phonon dispersion is calculated from a dynamical matrix constructed using the harmonic force constants and phonon relaxation times are calculated using Fermi's Golden rule. The calculated GaAs thermal conductivity agrees well with experimental data. Thermal conductivity accumulations as a function of the phonon mean free path and as a function of the wavelength are obtained. Our results predict a significant size effect on the GaAs thermal conductivity in the nanoscale. Relaxation times of optical phonons and their contributions from different scattering channels are also studied. Such information will help the understanding of hot phonon effects in GaAs-based devices.},
doi = {10.1209/0295-5075/101/16001},
journal = {Europhysics Letters},
number = 1,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2013}
}
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