Measuring the Thermal Conductivity of Semiconductors and Semimetals Using Raman Spectroscopy

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Abstract

We present a measurement of the thermal conductivity for Bi2Se3 and Te and semimetals at room temperature by using Raman scattering spectroscopy on a clean prepared sample on a SiO2 substrate. Aluminum is deposited on either side of the flake and is used as a heat sink at room temperature. Using a He/Ne laser (633 nm), we measure the Raman shift of the sample as a function of laser power between 0.1mW and 1mW. The linear red shift of Raman modes due to heating of the sample provides a measure of the temperature of the sample around the incident laser area. We calculate the thermal conductivity of the sample by solving a simplified one dimensional heat diffusion equation, ignoring the heat conduction to the ambient air and substrate. Our results for Bi2Se3 suggest a value of 4 W/mK for the thermal conductivity, comparable to the measurements of others; using the same technique we plan make measurements of several Weyl semimetals (eg/ WTe2 and NbIrTe4).

*UC acknowledges NSF grants ECCS-1509706, DMR-1531373, and DMR-1507844. S.D.W. acknowledges the support of NSF DMR 1505549.

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Presenters

  • Iraj Abbasian Shojaei

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

Authors

  • Iraj Abbasian Shojaei

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Giriraj Jnawali

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Seyyedesadaf Pournia

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Samuel M Linser

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Howard E Jackson

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Leigh Smith

    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati
    • Physics, University of Cincinnati

  • Ryan Need

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute for Standards and Technology

  • Stephen Wilson

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Materials, University of California Santa Barbara
    • Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara
    • UC Santa Barbara