Thermal conductivity of symmetrically strained Si / Ge superlattices

This paper reports temperature-dependent thermal conductivity measurements in the crossplane direction of symmetrically strained Si/Ge superlattices, and the effect of doping, period thickness and dislocations on the thermal conductivity reduction of Si/Ge superlattices. The Si/Ge superlattices are grown by molecular beam epitaxy on silicon and siliconon-insulator substrates with a graded buffer layer. A differential 3 ωmethod is used to measure the thermal conductivity of the buffer and the superlattices between 80 and 300 K. The thermal conductivity measurement is carried out in conjunction with X-ray and TEM sample characterization. The measured thermal conductivity values of the superlattices are lower than those of their equivalent composition bulk alloys. c © 2000 Academic Press

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