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Publication
Applied Physics A Solids and Surfaces
Paper
A contactless method for investigating the thermal properties of thin films
Abstract
The photothermal deflection technique has been extended as a contactless method to investigate thermal transport in thin films. A theoretical model is developed which quantitatively describes the transport behavior, and is shown to be in excellent agreement with experimental results. This approach yields the thermal diffusivity directly and in a spatially-resolved manner. © 1987 Springer-Verlag.