Mechanisms and application of the Excimer laser doping from spin-on glass sources for USJ fabrication

Abstract: In this work was investigated numerically and experimentally a simple laser doping method employing borosilicate (BSG) glass films as dopant sources which are deposited onto Si by the spin-coating technique. Both short (20ns) and long (200ns) pulse duration Excimer laser beams were used to deposit a large amount of energy in short time onto the near-surface region. Under suitable conditions, the irradiation leads to surface melting and dopant incorporation by liquid phase diffusion from the surface. Boron distribution profiles in the two-pulse duration regimes were studied as well as their electrical properties, and the junction formation of less than 25nm in depth was demonstrated. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]