Abstract
We have developed an all-laser processing technique by means of two industrially-relevant continuous-wave fiber lasers operating at 1070 nm. This approach is capable of both substrate heating with a large defocused beam and material processing with a second scanned beam, and is suitable for a variety of photovoltaic applications. We have demonstrated this technique for rapid crystallization of thin film (∼10 μm) silicon on glass, which is a low cost alternative to wafer-based solar cells. We have also applied this technique to wafer silicon to control dopant diffusion at the surface region where the focused line beam rapidly melts the substrate that then regrows epitaxially. Finite element simulations have been used to model the melt depth as a function of preheat temperature and line beam power. This process is carried out in tens of seconds for an area approximately 10 cm2 using only about 1 kW of total optical power and is readily scalable. In this paper, we will discuss our results with both c-Si wafers and thin-film silicon.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of SPIE |
Subtitle of host publication | Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) XXI |
Editors | Beat Neuenschwander, Stephan Roth, Costa P. Grigoropoulos , Tetsuya Makimura |
Place of Publication | Washington DC USA |
Publisher | SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering |
Number of pages | 8 |
Volume | 9735 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781628419702 |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Conference on Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) 2016 - San Francisco, United States of America Duration: 13 Feb 2016 → 18 Feb 2016 Conference number: 21st https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9735.toc?SSO=1 (Proceedings) |
Conference
Conference | Conference on Laser Applications in Microelectronic and Optoelectronic Manufacturing (LAMOM) 2016 |
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Abbreviated title | LAMOM 2016 |
Country/Territory | United States of America |
City | San Francisco |
Period | 13/02/16 → 18/02/16 |
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Keywords
- crystallization
- dopant diffusion
- Laser processing
- photovoltaics
- silicon