Journal
APL MATERIALS
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0054921
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Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [P19353]
- CREST Japan Science and Technology Agency [JPMJCR19I1, JPMJCR19Q3]
- [20H05649]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P19353] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
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Anderson localization of thermal phonons has been demonstrated in graded superlattices with short-range order and long-range disorder, showing a minimum thermal conductivity with system length due to the exponential decay of transmission to a non-zero constant. Clear evidence of localization is provided through combined analysis of participation ratio, transmission, and real-space phonon number density distribution based on quantum transport simulation, which would advance heat conduction engineering by leveraging the wave nature of phonons.
Anderson localization of thermal phonons has been shown only in few nanostructures with strong random disorder by the exponential decay of transmission to zero and a thermal conductivity maximum when increasing the system length. In this work, we present a path to demonstrate the phonon localization with distinctive features in graded superlattices with short-range order and long-range disorder. A thermal conductivity minimum with system length appears due to the exponential decay of transmission to a non-zero constant, which is a feature of partial phonon localization caused by the moderate disorder. We provide clear evidence of localization through the combined analysis of the participation ratio, transmission, and real-space phonon number density distribution based on our quantum transport simulation. The present work would promote heat conduction engineering by localization via the wave nature of phonons. (C) 2021 Author(s).
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