COMPARISON BETWEEN MICROSCOPICAL ASPECTS OF A-SI FILMS CRYSTALLIZED BY PULSED UV EXCIMER LASER AND CALCULATED TEMPERATURE PROFILES

被引:13
作者
MAILLOU, JG [1 ]
MATHE, EL [1 ]
DESOYER, JC [1 ]
DEUNAMUNO, S [1 ]
FOGARASSY, E [1 ]
机构
[1] CTR RECH NUCL,PHASE LAB,CNRS,UPR 292,IN2P3,F-67037 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
关键词
Laser Pulses - Lasers; Excimer - Semiconducting Films--Chemical Vapor Deposition;
D O I
10.1016/0169-4332(89)90204-3
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
This paper presents some aspects of the crystallization by ArF excimer laser pulses (λ = 193 nm, τ = 20 ns) of various energy densities (in the range 90-400 mJ cm-2) of a-Si: H films deposited by chemical vapour deposition on amorphous SiO2 substrates. The classical division of the crystallized material into a large grain layer and a fine grain layer is found with these experimental conditions but a layer with bubbles also appears between the two crystallized zones. A comparison with the calculation of temperature leads to the hypothesis that crystallization cannot occur if the temperature reached at a given depth is below a temperature Tmin. This temperature may be related to the nucleation rate in a-Si.
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页码:150 / 157
页数:8
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