5 research outputs found
Universal behavior of highly-confined heat flow in semiconductor nanosystems: from nanomeshes to metalattices
Nanostructuring on length scales corresponding to phonon mean free paths
provides control over heat flow in semiconductors and makes it possible to
engineer their thermal properties. However, the influence of boundaries limits
the validity of bulk models, while first principles calculations are too
computationally expensive to model real devices. Here we use extreme
ultraviolet beams to study phonon transport dynamics in a 3D nanostructured
silicon metalattice with deep nanoscale feature size, and observe dramatically
reduced thermal conductivity relative to bulk. To explain this behavior, we
develop a predictive theory wherein thermal conduction separates into a
geometric permeability component and an intrinsic viscous contribution, arising
from a new and universal effect of nanoscale confinement on phonon flow. Using
both experiments and atomistic simulations, we show that our theory is valid
for a general set of highly-confined silicon nanosystems, from metalattices,
nanomeshes, porous nanowires to nanowire networks. This new analytical theory
of thermal conduction can be used to predict and engineer phonon transport in
boundary-dominated nanosystems, that are of great interest for next-generation
energy-efficient devices
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Temporal and spectral multiplexing for EUV multibeam ptychography with a high harmonic light source
We demonstrate temporally multiplexed multibeam ptychography implemented for the first time in the EUV, by using a high harmonic based light source. This allows for simultaneous imaging of different sample areas, or of the same area at different times or incidence angles. Furthermore, we show that this technique is compatible with wavelength multiplexing for multibeam spectroscopic imaging, taking full advantage of the temporal and spectral characteristics of high harmonic light sources. This technique enables increased data throughput using a simple experimental implementation and with high photon efficiency.
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Nondestructive, high-resolution, chemically specific 3D nanostructure characterization using phase-sensitive EUV imaging reflectometry.
Next-generation nano- and quantum devices have increasingly complex 3D structure. As the dimensions of these devices shrink to the nanoscale, their performance is often governed by interface quality or precise chemical or dopant composition. Here, we present the first phase-sensitive extreme ultraviolet imaging reflectometer. It combines the excellent phase stability of coherent high-harmonic sources, the unique chemical sensitivity of extreme ultraviolet reflectometry, and state-of-the-art ptychography imaging algorithms. This tabletop microscope can nondestructively probe surface topography, layer thicknesses, and interface quality, as well as dopant concentrations and profiles. High-fidelity imaging was achieved by implementing variable-angle ptychographic imaging, by using total variation regularization to mitigate noise and artifacts in the reconstructed image, and by using a high-brightness, high-harmonic source with excellent intensity and wavefront stability. We validate our measurements through multiscale, multimodal imaging to show that this technique has unique advantages compared with other techniques based on electron and scanning probe microscopies