RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Ultrafast generation of unconventional {001} loops in Si
A1 Marqués Cuesta, Luis Alberto
A1 Aboy Cebrián, María
A1 Santos Tejido, Iván
A1 López Martín, Pedro
A1 Cristiano, Fuccio
A1 La Magna, Antonino
A1 Huet, Karim
A1 Tabata, Toshiyuki
A1 Pelaz Montes, María Lourdes
K1 Laser annealing
K1 Molecular dynamics
K1 Láser
K1 Dinámica molecular
AB Ultra-fast laser annealing of ion implanted Si has led to thermodynamically unexpected large {001} self-interstitial loops, and the failure of Ostwald ripening models for describing self-interstitial cluster growth. We have carried out molecular dynamics simulations in combination with focused experiments in order to demonstrate that at temperatures close to the melting point, self-interstitial rich Si is driven into dense liquid-like droplets that are highly mobile within the solid crystalline Si matrix. These liquid droplets grow by a coalescence mechanism and eventually transform into {001} loops through a liquid-to-solid phase transition in the nanosecond timescale.
PB American Physical Society
SN 0031-9007
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/28070
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/28070
LA eng
NO Physical Review Letters Vol. 119, Iss. 20, 2017
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 25-abr-2024