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Experimental evaluation of thermal rectification in a ballistic nanobeam with asymmetric mass gradient

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Practical applications of heat transport control with artificial metamaterials will heavily depend on the realization of thermal diodes/rectifiers, in which thermal conductivity depends on the heat flux direction. Whereas various macroscale implementations have been made experimentally, nanoscales realizations remain challenging and efficient rectification still requires a better fundamental understanding of heat carriers' transport and nonlinear mechanisms. Here, we propose an experimental realization of a thermal rectifier based on two leads with asymmetric mass gradients separated by a ballistic spacer, as proposed in a recent numerical investigation, and measure its thermal properties electrically with the microbridge technique. We use a Si 3 N 4 nanobeam on which an asymmetric mass gradient has been engineered and demonstrate that in its current form, this structure does not allow for thermal rectification. We explain this by a combination of too weak asymmetry and non-linearities. Our experimental observations provide important information towards fabricating rigorous thermal rectifiers in the ballistic phonon transport regime, which are expected to open new possibilities for applications in thermal management and quantum thermal devices.
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hal-03695672 , version 1 (15-06-2022)

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Adib Tavakoli, Jeremie Maire, Boris Brisuda, Thierry Crozes, Laurent Saminadayar, et al.. Experimental evaluation of thermal rectification in a ballistic nanobeam with asymmetric mass gradient. Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, pp.7788. ⟨10.1038/s41598-022-11878-2⟩. ⟨hal-03695672⟩
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