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Phase Transitions in Amorphous SI Produced by Pulsed Laser or Electron Irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

P. Baeri ,
G. Foti ,
J. M. Poate  and
A. G. Cullis
P. Baeri
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., 7974
G. Foti
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., 7974
J. M. Poate
Affiliation:
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.J., 7974
A. G. Cullis
Affiliation:
Royal Signals and Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcs WR14 3PS, England
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Abstract

Amorphous, implanted, Si layers have been melted by pulsed electron irradiation. Implanted As has been used as a marker for determining melt duration. Systematic differences between As diffusion in initially amorphous or crystalline Si are interpreted in terms of different enthalpies of melting between amorphous (1220 J/g) and crystalline (1790 J/g) Si. The amorphous Si layers melt and crystallize at significantly lower electron energies than those required to melt crystalline Si, indicating that amorphous Si melts at 1170K compared to 1685 K for crystalline Si. We have used these thermodynamic parameters to successfully predict some of the phenomena associated with the laser induced melting and crystallization of amorphous Si.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1: Symposium – Laser and Electron-Beam Solid Interactions in Materials Processing , 1980 , 39
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1981

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