Title :
Femtosecond laser micro-texturing of silicon using high repetition rate pulses for photovoltaic applications
Author :
Nava, G. ; Osellame, R. ; Ramponi, Roberta ; Vishnubhatla, K.C.
Author_Institution :
Center for Nano Sci. & Technol.@PoliMi, Ist. Italiano di Tecnol., Milan, Italy
Abstract :
Femtosecond laser texturing of silicon was performed and three different microstructuring regimes are identified, depending on the irradiation conditions. A 70-fold reduction in sample processing time is achieved by employing high repetition rate pulses.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser materials processing; photovoltaic cells; silicon; solar cells; surface texture; Si; femtosecond laser microtexturing; high repetition rate pulses; microstructuring; silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Fiber Optics and Photonics (PHOTONICS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chennai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4718-1
