Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Nanosecond-resolution x-ray diffraction has been used to measure the interface and lattice temperatures of silicon during rapid, pulsed-laser induced melting and regrowth in silicon. Measurements have been carried out on <100> and <111> oriented silicon using the (100) and (111) reflections to measure the thermal strain during 30 ns, 1.1 J/cm2 KrF laser pulses. The results indicate overheating to be low (< 2 K/m/s) for both orientations with undercooling rates of 5.6 K/m/s and 11.4 K/m/s for the <100> and <111> orientations, respectively. Observations of higher than expected temperature gradients below the liquidsolid interface have been discussed in terms of restricted heat flow under high gradients.
tResearch sponsored by the Division of Materials Sciences, U. S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-840R21400 with Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
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