Phononic Thermal Conduction Engineering for Bolometers: From Phononic Crystals to Radial Casimir Limit

Autor: Zhuoran Geng, Tuomas Puurtinen, Ilari Maasilta, Yaolan Tian
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Journal of Low Temperature Physics. 184:211-216
ISSN: 1573-7357
0022-2291
DOI: 10.1007/s10909-015-1372-0
Popis: We discuss two alternative and complementary means of controlling radial phonon conduction for bolometers in two dimensions: by using phononic crystals or by roughening the surface of the membranes (Casimir limit). For phononic crystals, we present new experiments with a modified geometry and a larger hole periodicity than before, achieving a low thermal conductance $${\sim }2$$ pW/K at 150 mK. Calculations in the Casimir limit, on the other hand, show that for small detector dimensions thermal conductance below 1 fW/K seems achievable.
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