Silicon Membranes for Nanophononics

Aapo Varpula, Andrey Shchepetov, Kestutis Grigoras, Juha Hassel, Mika Prunnila, Jouni Ahopelto*

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Abstract

The highly reduced thermal conductivity arising from confinement of acoustic phonons and enhanced phonon scattering in ultra-thin freestanding silicon membranes enables fabrication of sensitive thermal thermoelectric detectors. The devices show very low noise equivalent power of 13 pW/ Hz 1/2 and relatively fast operation. By optimizing the structure and electrical properties of the detector, the operation can approach the temperature fluctuation limit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2018
PublisherIEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-5336-4
ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-5337-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2018
MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication
Event18th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2018 - Cork, Ireland
Duration: 23 Jul 201826 Jul 2018
Conference number: 18

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology
Volume18
ISSN1944-9399

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2018
Abbreviated titleNANO 2018
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityCork
Period23/07/1826/07/18

Funding

The work has been partially supported This work has been financially supported by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (Grant Agreement No. 309150, project MERGING, Grant Agreement No. 713450, project PHENOMEN and Grant Agreement No. 604668, project QUANTIHEAT) and by the Academy of Finland (Grant Nos. 295329 and 252598 and the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Atomic Layer Deposition).

Keywords

  • silicon
  • biomembranes
  • phonons
  • detectors
  • thermal conductivity
  • conductivity
  • nanoscale devices
  • OtaNano

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