• DocumentCode
    688825
  • Title

    Evidence of new high-pressure silicon phases in Fs-laser induced confined microexplosion

  • Author

    Rapp, Lutz ; Haberl, B. ; Bradby, J.E. ; Gamaly, E.G. ; Williams, James S. ; Juodkazis, Saulius ; Rode, A.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Phys. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on formation of high-pressure polymorphs of Si in confined microexplosion experiments. The results show that Si has undergone pressure-induced transitions into the realm of the metallic phases conventionally formed above 11 GPa.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; explosions; high-pressure solid-state phase transformations; high-speed optical techniques; laser beam effects; silicon; Si; fs-laser induced confined microexplosion; high-pressure polymorphs; high-pressure silicon phases; metallic phases; pressure-induced transitions; Electric breakdown; Lasers; Microscopy; Optical pulses; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833201