Temperature dependent optical properties of amorphous silicon for diode laser crystallization
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Joachim Bergmann1, Martin Heusinger, Gudrun Andrä
1Institute of Photonic Technology, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 9, 07745 Jena, Germany. joachim.bergmann@ipht-jena.de
Abstract:
The temperature dependent optical parameters n and k of amorphous silicon deposited by electron beam evaporation were determined at the wavelength of 808 nm. This was achieved by fitting an optical model of the layer system to reflection values of a fs-laser beam. From n(T) and k(T) the absorption of a-Si layers as depending on thickness and temperature were calculated for this diode laser wavelength. By heating the layers to 600 °C the absorption can be increased by a factor of 4 as compared to room temperature, which allows for diode laser crystallization of layers down to 80 nm in thickness.
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