Published December 15, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Orientation filtering by growth-velocity competition in zone-melting recrystallization of silicon on SiO2

  • 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Description

We describe a method of controlling the in-plane <100> directions of grains in (100)-textured silicon films produced by zone-melting recrystallization over amorphous SiO2. Grains having in-plane orientation within a narrow range are able to grow through an orientation filter consisting of a pattern of crystallization barriers, while grains having other orientations are occluded. The results of experiments using an orientation filter, and the parameters which optimize filter performance, are reported

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Journal Title
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
12
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1126-1128
ISSN
0003-6951

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