Nanostructures produced by ultraviolet laser irradiation of silicon. II. Nanoprotrusions and nanoparticles
Nanostructures produced by ultraviolet laser irradiation of silicon. II. Nanoprotrusions and nanoparticles
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通过紫外线激光照射硅产生的纳米结构。
DOI:
10.1116/1.1821576
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发表时间:
2004
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通讯作者:
D. Joy
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作者:
Y. Guan;A. J. Pedraza;J. Fowlkes;D. Joy
Two-dimensional ordered nanoprotrusion arrays were produced at silicon surface substrates by nanosecond ultraviolet laser irradiation using a Lloyd’s mirror set up. These protrusions are 40 to 70nm high and have a diameter of ∼60 to 100nm at their base, and in many cases display a regular rectangular lattice. Their origin and evolution were studied using scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Nanoprotrusions originate from a subjacent laser-induced periodic surface structure upon continuing irradiation, under the same processing conditions that produced these ripples. Their evolution is discussed in terms of fingering instabilities of melted silicon consistent with a gradient of surface tension due to a temperature gradient. The temperature gradient is produced by the same mechanism responsible for the ripple formation. At slightly higher laser fluences, nanoparticles were observed to form using a single beam of nonpolarized laser light. The nanoparticles also span a linear ordered arra...