TITLE

# Superlateral growth of a-Ge film by excimer laser annealing

AUTHOR(S)
Wenchang Yeh; Hsinchi Chen; Hsiangen Huang; Chihping Hsiao; Jengywan Jeng
PUB. DATE
September 2008
SOURCE
Applied Physics Letters;9/1/2008, Vol. 93 Issue 9, p094103
SOURCE TYPE
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
90-nm-thick a-Ge films were melted and solidified by excimer laser annealing method. The superlateral growth (SLG) distance increased from 0.5 to 4.1 Î¼m with increasing absorption coefficient of the light-absorptive underlayer. Real-time reflectivity measurement revealed that the increase in the SLG distance resulted from an increase in the Ge film solidification term from 60 to 650 ns. The SLG velocity calculated from the proportionality constant of the SLG distance and the solidification term was 6â€“7 m/s. It was shown that SLG grains exhibit a single-crystalline structure.
ACCESSION #
34360722

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