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The Study Of Frequency-Scan Photothermal Reflectance Technique For Thermal Diffusivity Measurement, Zilong Hua, Heng Ban, David H. Hurley Jan 2015

The Study Of Frequency-Scan Photothermal Reflectance Technique For Thermal Diffusivity Measurement, Zilong Hua, Heng Ban, David H. Hurley

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

A frequency scan photothermal reflectance technique to measure thermal diffusivity of bulk samples is studied in this manuscript. Similar to general photothermal reflectance methods, an intensity-modulated heating laser and a constant intensity probe laser are used to determine the surface temperature response under sinusoidal heating. The approach involves fixing the distance between the heating and probe laser spots, recording the phase lag of reflected probe laser intensity with respect to the heating laser frequency modulation, and extracting thermal diffusivity using the phase lag–(frequency)1/2 relation. The experimental validation is performed on three samples (SiO2, CaF2, and …


Parametric Study Of The Frequency-Domain Thermoreflectance Technique, C. Xing, C. Jensen, Z. Hua, Heng Ban, D. H. Hurley, M. Khafizov, J. R. Kennedy Jan 2012

Parametric Study Of The Frequency-Domain Thermoreflectance Technique, C. Xing, C. Jensen, Z. Hua, Heng Ban, D. H. Hurley, M. Khafizov, J. R. Kennedy

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

Without requiring regression for parameter determination, one-dimensional (1D) analytical models are used by many research groups to extract the thermal properties in frequency-domain thermoreflectance measurements. Experimentally, this approach involves heating the sample with a pump laser and probing the temperature response with spatially coincident probe laser. Micron order lateral resolution can be obtained by tightly focusing the pump and probe lasers. However, small laser beam spot sizes necessarily bring into question the assumptions associated with 1D analytical models. In this study, we analyzed the applicability of 1D analytical models by comparing to 2D analytical and fully numerical models. Specifically, we …