Efficient nanostructure formation on silicon surfaces and in indium tin oxide thin films by sub-15 fs pulsed near-infrared laser lighst

Physics Procedia

Volumn 12, Issue PART 2, 2011, Pages 16-23

  Straub, Martin ^a   Afshar, Maziar ^a   Feili, Dara ^a   Seidel, Helmut ^a   König, Karsten ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline silicon; Indium tin oxide; Nanowires; Self organization; Sub 100 nm structures; Sub 15 fs laser pulses; Surface ripples

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; INDIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED LASERS; LASER PULSES; MANUFACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; PULSED LASERS; SILICON; THIN FILMS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SUB-100 NM STRUCTURES; SUB-15 FS LASER PULSE; SURFACE RIPPLES;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 79959423670     PISSN: 18753884     EISSN: 18753892     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2011.03.100     Document Type: Conference Paper

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