Ultrafast electron diffraction at surfaces after laser excitation

被引:37
作者
Janzen, A. [1 ]
Krenzer, B. [1 ]
Zhou, P. [1 ]
von der Linde, D. [1 ]
Hoegen, M. Horn-von [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Duisburg Essen, Fachbereich Phys, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany
关键词
RHEED; time-resolved diffraction; energy dissipation; silicon; bismuth; heteroepitaxy; thermal boundary conductance;
D O I
10.1016/j.susc.2006.02.070
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Ultrafast electron diffraction in a RHEED setup is used to determine the dynamics of surface temperature of an epitaxial thin Bismuth-film on a Si(001) substrate upon fs-laser excitation. A transient temperature rise by 120 K is followed by a slow exponential cooling with time constant 640 ps. The surface cooling rate deviates from simple heat diffusion and is dominated by total internal reflection of ballistic phonons at the Bi/Si-interface which determines the thermal properties of the hetero-system. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:4094 / 4098
页数:5
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