Effects of pulse duration on the ns-laser pulse induced removal of thin film materials used in photovoltaics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7201, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bovatsek, Jim ^a   Tamhankar, Ashwini ^a   Patel, Raj ^a   Bulgakova, Nadezhda M ^b   Bonse, Jörn ^c  

^a Spectra Physics Lasers Division   (United States)

^b KUTATELADZE INSTITUTE OF THERMOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c Spectra Physics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser scribing; Nanosecond pulse; P1; P2; P3; Solar cell; Thin film photovoltaics; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

LASER SCRIBING; NANOSECOND PULSE; P1; P2; P3; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THRESHOLDS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON; LASER ABLATION; LASER PULSES; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PULSE GENERATORS; PUMPING (LASER); SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE LASERS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 65649121948     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809842     Document Type: Conference Paper

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