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Surface Electromagnetic Waves in Laser Material Interactions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

D. J. Ehrlich
Affiliation:
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lexington, Massachusetts 02173
S. R. J. Brueck
Affiliation:
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lexington, Massachusetts 02173
J. Y. Tsao
Affiliation:
Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lexington, Massachusetts 02173
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Abstract

Transient ripple formation in pulsed laser annealing of semiconductor materials is shown to arise from amplified surface polariton scattering. The permanent ripple patterns are frozen in after transverse thermal and material diffusion during the laser-annealing process. The model is in good agreement with time-resolved measurements of the ripple formation in 1.06−µm laser annealing of Ge. Dispersion of the ripple wavevector in the UV spectral region is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1983

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This work was supported by the Department of the Air Force, in part with specific support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and by the Army Research Office.

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