TY - STD AU - Sidorova, M. AU - Semenov, A. AU - Korneev, A. AU - Chulkova, G. AU - Korneeva, Y. AU - Mikhailov, M. AU - Devizenko, A. AU - Kozorezov, A. AU - Goltsman, G. PY - 2018 DA - 2018// TI - Electron-phonon relaxation time in ultrathin tungsten silicon film KW - WSi film AB - Using amplitude-modulated absorption of sub-THz radiation (AMAR) method, we studied electron-phonon relaxation in thin disordered films of tungsten silicide. We found a response time ~ 800 ps at critical temperature Tc = 3.4 K, which scales as minus 3 in the temperature range from 1.8 to 3.4 K. We discuss mechanisms, which can result in a strong phonon bottle-neck effect in a few nanometers thick film and yield a substantial difference between the measured time, characterizing response at modulation frequency, and the inelastic electron-phonon relaxation time. We estimate the electron-phonon relaxation time to be in the range ~ 100-200 ps at 3.4 K. UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07321v1 N1 - Duplicated as 1341 ID - Sidorova_etal2018 ER -