Thermal–physical property is one of the most important properties of materials. The conventional frequency-domain photoacoustic piezoelectric(PAPE) technique has been developed as an important method for thermal diffusivity determination. In this paper, the PAPE technique is extended to time domain(TD). First, based on a simplified thermoelastic model, the TD PAPE theory under square-wave-modulated excitation was developed,the dependence of the TD PAPE signal on modulation frequency as well as material parameters was obtained, and the determination of thermal diffusivity was simulated and theoretically analyzed. Second, the experimental system and the corresponding measurement method were established. Third, thermal diffusivities of various standard samples, such as copper, aluminum, and nickel, were measured, and the effectiveness of the technique was verified. The results show that the TD PAPE technique can provide a simple, fast and effective way for thermal diffusion study.
Thermal property is one of the most important properties of light-emitting diode （LED）. Thermal property of LED packaging material determines the heat dissipations of the phosphor and the chip surface, accordingly having an influence on the light-emitting efficiency and the life-span of the device. In this paper, photoacoustic piezoelectric （PAPE） technique has been employed to investigate the thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol （]？VA） and silicon dioxide, which are the new and the traditional packaging materials in white LED, respectively. Firstly, the theory of PAPE technique has been developed for two-layer model in order to investigate soft materials; secondly, the experimental system has been set up and adjusted by measuring the reference sample; thirdly, the thermal diffusivities of PVA and silicon dioxide are measured and analysed. The experimental results show that PVA has a higher thermal diffusivity than silicon dioxide and is a better packaging material in the sense of thermal diffusivity for white LED.
