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Crystallization of Amorphous Silicon Films by Pulsed Ion Beam Annealing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. Gyulai
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
R. Fastow
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
K. Kavanagh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
M. O. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
C. J. Palmstrom
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
C. A. Hewett
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
J. W. Mayer
Affiliation:
Department of Materials ScienceCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Abstract

Regrowth by pulsed proton beam was studied for evaporated amorphous Si layers, for layers converted to polycrystalline by annealing (both with and without Ge markers) and for implantation-amorphized SOS films. Silicon-on-sapphire showed the lowest threshold for regrowth. Amorphous silicon melted at about 0.2 J/cm2 lower fluences of protons of 380 kev energy than crystalline Si. Implanted Sb into Sos occupies lattice positions exceeding the solid solubility.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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Permanent Address: Central Res. Inst. for Physics, H–1525 Budapest

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Permanent Address: Dept. of Elec. Engineering, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

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