Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires
Abstract
Photons typically do not contribute to thermal transport within a solid due to their low energy density and tendency to be absorbed quickly. In this article, we propose a practical material system—infrared plasmonic resonators embedded in a semiconductor nanowire—that leverages near-field electromagnetic coupling to achieve photonic thermal transport comparable to the electronic and phononic contributions. We analytically show photonic thermal conductivities up to about 1 W m-1 K-1 for 10 nm diameter Si and InAs nanowires containing repeated resonators at 500 K. Finally, the nanowire system outperforms plasmonic particles in isotropic environments and presents a pathway for photonic thermal transport to exceed that of phonons and electrons.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1594784
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1508882
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0018369; DGE-165004; CBET-1510934
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Physics Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 114; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; thermal transport; thermal conductivity; nanomaterials; plasmonics; absorption spectroscopy; phonons; semiconductor nanostructures; nanowires
Citation Formats
Tervo, Eric J., Gustafson, Michael E., Zhang, Zhuomin M., Cola, Baratunde A., and Filler, Michael A. Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.5093309.
Tervo, Eric J., Gustafson, Michael E., Zhang, Zhuomin M., Cola, Baratunde A., & Filler, Michael A. Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093309
Tervo, Eric J., Gustafson, Michael E., Zhang, Zhuomin M., Cola, Baratunde A., and Filler, Michael A. Thu .
"Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5093309. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594784.
@article{osti_1594784,
title = {Photonic thermal conduction by infrared plasmonic resonators in semiconductor nanowires},
author = {Tervo, Eric J. and Gustafson, Michael E. and Zhang, Zhuomin M. and Cola, Baratunde A. and Filler, Michael A.},
abstractNote = {Photons typically do not contribute to thermal transport within a solid due to their low energy density and tendency to be absorbed quickly. In this article, we propose a practical material system—infrared plasmonic resonators embedded in a semiconductor nanowire—that leverages near-field electromagnetic coupling to achieve photonic thermal transport comparable to the electronic and phononic contributions. We analytically show photonic thermal conductivities up to about 1 W m-1 K-1 for 10 nm diameter Si and InAs nanowires containing repeated resonators at 500 K. Finally, the nanowire system outperforms plasmonic particles in isotropic environments and presents a pathway for photonic thermal transport to exceed that of phonons and electrons.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5093309},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 16,
volume = 114,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Thu Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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