TRIGGERING EXPLOSIVE CRYSTALLIZATION OF AMORPHOUS-SILICON

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作者
POLMAN, A [1 ]
ROORDA, S [1 ]
STOLK, PA [1 ]
SINKE, WC [1 ]
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[1] FOM,INST ATOM & MOLEC PHYS,1098 SJ AMSTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0022-0248(91)90359-D
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O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
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The initial stages of explosive crystallization (EC) of amorphous Si (a-Si) are investigated. A thin layer of liquid Si (l-Si), highly undercooled with respect to crystalline Si (c-Si) is formed by nanosecond pulsed ruby laser irradiation of a-Si prepared by ion implantation. Time-resolved reflectivity measurements are used to determine the time delay in the onset of EC for different surface structures. If a thin single crystal layer of Si covers the a-Si, EC proceeds immediately. In the absence of a seed for EC, a maximum time delay of 11+/-2 ns is observed. Intermediate delay times are found if the surface layer contains small c-Si clusters.
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页码:114 / 120
页数:7
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