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The finite size effects of the thermal conductivity $\kappa$ have been studied in the phonon space. It is found that only a few phonon modes are selected to take part in the thermal transport when the size $L$ of the system is decreased.…
Non-equilibrium (NE) molecular dynamics (MD), or NEMD, gives a "direct" simulation of thermal conductivity kappa. Heat H(x) is added and subtracted in equal amounts at different places x. After steady state is achieved, the temperature T(x)…
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are quasi-1D nanostructures that display both high thermal conductivity and intriguing low-dimensional phonon transport phenomena. In comparison to the advances made in the theoretical calculation of the lattice…
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We present an analysis of acoustic phonon propagation through long, free-standing, insulating wires with rough surfaces. Due to a crossover from ballistic propagation of the lowest-frequency phonon mode at $\omega <\omega _{1}=\pi c/W$ to a…
The principle and experimental realization of a novel Raman spectroscopic technique entitled stimulated Raman phase shift (SRPS) spectroscopy was demonstrated. This technique depends on the measurement of the stimulated Raman scattering…
Based on first-principles calculations and full iterative solution of the linearized Boltzmann-Peierls transport equation for phonons within three-phonon scattering framework, we characterize the lattice thermal conductivities $\kappa$ of…
The frequency-dependent mean free paths (MFPs) of vibrational heat carriers in amorphous silicon are predicted from the length dependence of the spectrally decomposed heat current (SDHC) obtained from non-equilibrium molecular dynamics…
Inelastic light scattering studies on single crystal of electron-doped Ca(Fe0.95Co0.05)2As2 superconductor, covering the tetragonal to orthorhombic structural transition as well as magnetic transition at TSM ~ 140 K and superconducting…
Dislocations can greatly enhance the figure of merit of thermoelectric materials by prominently reducing thermal conductivity. However, the evolution of phonon modes with different energies when they propagate through a single dislocation…
We develop a theoretical description of the Raman spectroscopy in the spin-phonon coupled Kitaev system and show that it can provide intriguing observable signatures of fractionalized excitations characteristic of the underlying spin liquid…