• DocumentCode
    968119
  • Title

    Photoacoustic effect in laser annealing

  • Author

    Hoh, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    931
  • Lastpage
    933
  • Abstract
    The acoustic wave generated in silicon crystal during laser annealing has been observed. The acoustic signal increases superlinearly with incident laser energy beyond the melting threshold. This can be used for monitoring the state of melting during the annealing.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; laser beam annealing; melting; photoacoustic effect; silicon; Si crystals; elemental semiconductor; laser annealing; photoacoustic effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19800664
  • Filename
    4245438