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Light Absorption Effects on the Nd Laser Annealing of Ion Implanted Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. Baeri
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
A.E. Bapbarino
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
S.U. Campisano
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
M.G. Grimaldi
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
G. Foti
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
E. Rimini
Affiliation:
Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Corso Italia, 57, I95129, Catania Italy
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Abstract

The crystallization onset and the annealing thresholds have been nmeasured as a function of the absorbed energy density in ion implanted amorphous silicon irradiated with nanosecond Nd pulse. Thin amorphous layers (∼500 Å) require higher thresholds ccapared with thick (∼4000 Å) amorphous layers. This result can be explained in terms of balance between absorbed energy and heat flow. For a given thickness of the amorphous layer the thresholds depend on the absorption coefficient of the amorphous material. This last parameter has been varied frcm 104 to 102 CM−1 by low temperature (T<400°C) pre-treatment of the ion implanted sample. The observed drastic variations of both crystallizazion and annealing thresholds agree well with nunerical evaluation of heat flow.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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