Effect of variable thermal conductivity in semiconducting medium underlying an elastic half-space

The aim of the present work is to discuss the effect of varying thermal conductivity in a semiconducting medium under photothermal theory. An infinite elastic half-space is overlying the infinite semiconducting medium, and a constant me-chanical force is applied along the interface. The normal mode analysis method is applied to find the analytic components of displacement, stress, carrier density and temperature distribution. It was found that all physical quantities are affected by variable thermal conductivity. The novelty of the paper lies in the fact that no such a problem of variable thermal conductivity has been discussed by any researcher so far.