Abstract
Laser beam shaping has been used to increase the grain size of laser‐recrystallized polycrystallinesilicon on amorphous substrates. Using a slanted liquid‐solid interface, rectangular grains as large as 45×50 μm have been grown in 0.5‐μm‐thick chemical vapor deposited polysilicon on quartz substrates. Improved surface smoothness of recrystallized material has also been achieved using this procedure.