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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 72, Issue 4, Pages 2139-2147Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.1353189
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The 3 omega method has been proven to be very useful for determining the thermal conductivity of thin films and their substrates. Several simplifications are often used in determining the thermal conductivity of the films based on the experimentally measured 3 omega signal. These simplifications, however, have limited range of applicability. In this work, we present a detailed analysis and mathematical modeling of the 3 omega method applied for different experimental conditions. Effects considered include the finite substrate thickness, anisotropic nature of the film and substrate thermal conductivity, the film-substrate thermal property contrasts, the effect of heat capacitance of the heater, and the effect of thermal boundary resistance. Several experimental results are analyzed using the models presented. This work shows that the 3 omega method can be extended to a wide range of sample conditions, with anisotropic conductivities in both the substrate and the film, and with small film-substrate conductivity contrast. (C) 2001 American Institute of Physics.
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