Mixing periodic topographies and structural patterns on silicon surfaces mediated by ultrafast photoexcited charge carriers
Jean‐Philippe Colombier, Anton Rudenko, Elena P. Silaeva, Hao Zhang, Xxx Sedao, Émile Bévillon, Stéphanie Reynaud, Claire Maurice, Florent Pigeon, Florence Garrelie, Razvan Stoian
Abstract
This work uses a three-dimensional mesoscopic vision and time-dynamics evolution to study silicon under ultrafast laser irradiation conditions, and shows how the crystal lattice is destabilized and turns periodically into an amorphous state.
Topics & Concepts
Mesoscopic physicsUltrashort pulseSiliconMaterials scienceMixing (physics)Amorphous solidIrradiationLaserCrystal (programming language)Amorphous siliconChemical physicsCharge carrierLattice (music)Charge (physics)OpticsMolecular physicsNanotechnologyCondensed matter physicsOptoelectronicsCrystalline siliconCrystallographyPhysicsChemistryQuantum mechanicsComputer scienceAcousticsProgramming languageLaser Material Processing TechniquesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence