1. Finite element simulation for ultraviolet excimer laser processing of patterned Si/SiGe/Si(100) heterostructures
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Pío González, F. Gontad, E. Martín, Stefano Chiussi, J.C. Conde, and C. Serra
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Materials science ,Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) ,Silicon ,Excimer laser ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Germanium ,Substrate (electronics) ,Laser ,medicine.disease_cause ,law.invention ,Semiconductor ,chemistry ,law ,medicine ,Optoelectronics ,Physics::Atomic Physics ,Crystalline silicon ,business ,Ultraviolet - Abstract
Ultraviolet (UV) Excimer laser assisted processing is an alternative strategy for producing patterned silicon germanium heterostructures. We numerically analyzed the effects caused by pulsed 193 Excimer laser radiation impinging on patterned amorphous hydrogenated silicon (a-Si:H) and germanium (a-Ge:H) bilayers deposited on a crystalline silicon substrate [Si(100)]. The proposed two dimensional axisymmetric numerical model allowed us to estimate the temperature and concentration gradients caused by the laser induced rapid melting and solidification processes. Energy density dependence of maximum melting depth and melting time evolution as well as three dimensional temperature and element distribution have been simulated and compared with experimentally obtained results.
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- 2010
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