Explosive crystallization in amorphous Si initiated by long pulse width laser irradiation
- 18 January 1988
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (3) , 203-205
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99519
Abstract
Explosive crystallization of amorphous Si is studied in a new heat-flow regime using long pulse (45 ns full width at half-maximum) ruby laser irradiation. In this regime, previously unobserved phenomena are found. Nucleation of crystalline Si is observed while the amorphous phase is melting at high (m/s) velocity and epitaxy from the underlying crystalline substrate is observed even under conditions for which the amorphous Si is never at any instant fully melted. These measurements, combined with previous measurements using short pulse irradiation, lead to development of a more complete model of explosive crystallization.Keywords
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