Pump-Probe Study of fs-Laser Hyperdoping and Texturing of Silicon for Advanced Non-equilibrium Materials

Abstract

In this final report, we describe our progress in studying ultrafast laser modification of silicon, with a focus on better understanding the inception of surface texturing and laser-induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) at low fluences. We also briefly describe the recent extension of our work to ultrafast laser modification of gallium phosphide (GaP), a III-V semiconductor material with high second-order nonlinear susceptibility. We close with a discussion of other current work, including fundamental studies of nanosecond-laser treatment of germanium (Ge) in order to develop hyper doped Ge for Short Wavelength-Infrared (SWIR) photodetection, future directions, and a list of published work supported thus far through the AFOSRs support. We sincerely thank the AFOSR for its continued support throughout the project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 17, 2017
Accession Number
AD1061497

Entities

People

  • Eric Mazur

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Band Gaps
  • Elements
  • Femtosecond Lasers
  • Germanium
  • Implantation
  • Ion Implantation
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Nanosecond Time
  • Photodetection
  • Photodetectors
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Short Wavelengths
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics