Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 44, Number C5, Octobre 1983
Interactions Laser-Solides, Recuits par Faisceaux d'Energie / Laser-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing of Materials
Page(s) C5-145 - C5-155
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1983524
Interactions Laser-Solides, Recuits par Faisceaux d'Energie / Laser-Solid Interactions and Transient Thermal Processing of Materials

J. Phys. Colloques 44 (1983) C5-145-C5-155

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1983524

DOPANT INCORPORATION DURING NONEQUILIBRIUM SOLIDIFICATION

C.W. White

Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37850, U.S.A.


Abstract
Systematic studies of dopant incorporation into silicon during rapid solidification are reviewed, including measurements of interface temperatures and thermal gradients during solidification. Mechanisms limiting dopant incorporation at high concentrations are discussed. Melting of the surface of thin amorphous layers on a crystalline substrate is shown to take place at anomously low laser energy densities.