RAPID REVERSIBLE LIGHT-INDUCED CRYSTALLIZATION OF AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS
- 15 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 18 (6), 254-257
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1653653
Abstract
Rapid crystallization and equally rapid revitrification of amorphous chalcogenide films exposed to short laser pulses has been observed. A model is developed in which both the speed of crystallization and the reversibility are attributed to the large enhancement of crystallization rate under the influence of the photon flux.Keywords
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