Rayleigh wave through half space semiconductor solid with temperature dependent properties

Abstract

Abstract The article focuses on Rayleigh wave propagation in a homogeneous isotropic semi-conductor thermoelastic medium rotating with fixed angular frequency with temperature-dependent properties. The elastic constants depend upon the temperature function. The effects of temperature dependency parameter, time derivative, and fractional order are illustrated. By the theory of thermo-elasticity, waves result in the generation of thermal signals that propagate through the medium. A heat conduction model of three-phase lag (3PL) along with fractional order time derivative is used to analyze the thermal signals. The secular equations of Rayleigh waves are derived mathematically at the stress-free, carrier density and thermally insulated boundaries. Some specific properties like velocity, attenuation coefficient, specific heat loss and penetration depth for Rayleigh waves have been evaluated and presented graphically. The secular equations are computed numerically and depicted graphically using Matlab.