Silicon microcolumn arrays grown by nanosecond pulsed-excimer laser irradiation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2322-2324

  Pedraza, A J ^a   Fowlkes, J D ^a   Lowndes, D H ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MELTING; MORPHOLOGY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH;

SILICON MICROCOLUMN ARRAYS;

SILICON WAFERS;

EID: 0032607129     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123838     Document Type: Article

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