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Giant quartic-phonon decay in PVD-grown α-MoO3 flakes

Yongsong Wang1,2, Xiao Guo1,2, Siwen You1,2, Junjie Jiang2, Zihan Wang2, Fangping Ouyang2, Han Huang1,2( )
School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Devices, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Key Laboratory of Super-microstructure and Ultrafast Process, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
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Giant quartic-phonon decay dominates the phonon anharmonicity in α-MoO3, which causes an ultrashort phonon lifetime of ~ 0.34 ps for stretching vibration phonon mode (SVPM) Ⅱ at 480 K and gives evidence of theoretically predicted ultralow κP in α-MoO3.

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Elementary excitations, such as in-plane anisotropic phonons and phonon polaritons (PhPs), in α-MoO3 play key roles in its outstanding physical properties like high carrier mobility and ultralow phonon thermal conductivity ( κP). Understanding the excitation mechanisms like phonon–phonon interactions is the most fundamental step to further applications. Here, we report on the systematic Raman investigations on phonon anisotropy and anharmonicity of representative Mo–O stretching vibration phonon modes (SVPMs) in physical vapor deposition (PVD)-grown α-MoO3 flakes. Polarizations of SVPMs verify the phonon anisotropy. The abnormal temperature dependence of SVPMs reveals that giant quartic-phonon decay dominates the phonon anharmonicity in α-MoO3. An ultrashort phonon lifetime of ~ 0.34 ps gives evidence of theoretically predicted ultralow κP in α-MoO3. Our findings give deep insight into the phonon–phonon interactions in α-MoO3 and provide an indicator for its extreme thermal device applications.

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layered materialssynthesisphonon–phonon couplinganisotropyultralow phonon thermal conductivity

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 1,
January 2023
Pages 1115-1122
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4734-3
Cite this article:
Wang Y, Guo X, You S, et al. Giant quartic-phonon decay in PVD-grown α-MoO3 flakes. Nano Research, 2023, 16(1): 1115-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4734-3
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Received: 28 April 2022
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