Anharmonic phonon-phonon scattering at the interface between two solids by nonequilibrium Green's function formalism

Y Guo, Z Zhang, M Bescond, S Xiong, M Nomura… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Physical Review B, 2021APS
The understanding and modeling of inelastic scattering of thermal phonons at a solid/solid
interface remain an open question. We present a fully quantum theoretical scheme to
quantify the effect of anharmonic phonon-phonon scattering at an interface via
nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism. Based on the real-space scattering rate
matrix, a decomposition of the interfacial spectral energy exchange is made into
contributions from local and nonlocal anharmonic interactions, of which the former is shown …
The understanding and modeling of inelastic scattering of thermal phonons at a solid/solid interface remain an open question. We present a fully quantum theoretical scheme to quantify the effect of anharmonic phonon-phonon scattering at an interface via nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) formalism. Based on the real-space scattering rate matrix, a decomposition of the interfacial spectral energy exchange is made into contributions from local and nonlocal anharmonic interactions, of which the former is shown to be predominant for high-frequency phonons whereas both are important for low-frequency phonons. The anharmonic decay of interfacial phonon modes is revealed to play a crucial role in bridging the bulk modes across the interface. The overall quantitative contribution of anharmonicity to thermal boundary conductance is found to be moderate. The present work promotes a deeper understanding of heat transport at the interface and an intuitive interpretation of anharmonic phonon NEGF formalism.
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