Title
Enhancement of the thermoelastic component of the photoacoustic signal of silicon membranes coated with a thin TiO<inf>2</inf>film
Date Issued
28 February 2022
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Markushev D.K.
Markushev D.K.
Aleksić S.M.
Pantić D.S.
Galović S.P.
Lukić D.V.
The University of Tokyo
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
The reduction of the photogenerated charge carriers' influence in periodically illuminated thin silicon membranes is investigated by using the experimental setup of an open photoacoustic cell in the standard range of modulation frequencies from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. It is confirmed that the deposition of a 200 nm thin film of titanium dioxide on the 30- and 50 μm silicon membrane leads to a large increase of the thermoelastic component of the photoacoustic signal, which restores the flexibility lost to the membrane under the influence of photogenerated carriers. The effect of the thermoelastic component enhancement is analyzed by observing the displacement of the tested samples along the heat propagation axis, depending on the carrier density and temperature differences on the illuminated and unilluminated sides, for different membrane thicknesses and a constant film thickness. It is found that the effect of enhancement of several orders of magnitude is more visible in thinner membranes due to higher ratios between the film and membrane thicknesses.
Volume
131
Issue
8
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física Física de la materia condensada
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85125560809
Source
Journal of Applied Physics
ISSN of the container
00218979
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, within the institutional financing, Contract No. 451-03-09/2021-14/200017.
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