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Laser Crystallization of Deposited Silicon Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

G. K. Celler ,
H. J. Leamy ,
D. E. Aspnes ,
C. J. Doherty ,
T. T. Sheng  and
L. E. Trimble
G. K. Celler
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
H. J. Leamy
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
D. E. Aspnes
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
C. J. Doherty
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
T. T. Sheng
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
L. E. Trimble
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, 7974, USA
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Abstract

Silicon layers evaporated on crystalline Si have been crystallized by Q-switched Nd:YAG laser irradiation. A strong correlation was observed between the density of a-Si films and the quality of the epitaxial regrowth from the liquid phase. Dense films crystallized epitaxially in a wide range of laser energy densities. Layers with 20% lower density, as determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry, had higher crystallization thresholds and suffered from severe pitting of the surface. Coalescence of the excess void volume into microbubbles, stabilized by gaseous contaminants, is responsible for the surface degradation.

In polycrystalline films on amorphous insulating substrates laser melting changes the grain distribution. Rapid melting and solidification of small diameter spots creates concentric rings of large crystallites. This characteristic pattern is explained by a simple model, based on the kinetics of crystallization.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1: Symposium – Laser and Electron-Beam Solid Interactions in Materials Processing , 1980 , 435
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1981

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