Electric heating – Metal heating – By arc
Patent
1994-10-24
1997-08-26
Walberg, Teresa J.
Electric heating
Metal heating
By arc
21912169, 21912176, 427596, B23K 2600
Patent
active
056607466
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a dual-laser deposition process for thin film deposition. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of laser deposition for the growth of in-situ particulate free films. The preferred embodiment includes the spatial overlap on a target of two laser pulses of different wavelengths such that the ejection of the particulates and its subsequent deposition on a substrate during film growth is controlled and essentially eliminated by a suitable temporal delay between the two laser pulses. The present invention enhances the species kinetic energy in the laser-ablated plume via enhanced plume excitation. This allows the reduction of substrate temperature for epitaxial film growth as a result of the increased species mobility on the substrate due to enhanced plume excitation. Also, the ionization in the plume is enhanced. This is important both for enhanced gas phase reactions and for oriented film growth, leading to epitaxy, on the substrate. Moreover, the present invention is designed to enlarge the spatial lateral extent of the plume to enhance the area of uniform thin film deposition on the substrate.
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Mukherjee Pritish
Witanachchi Sarath
Mills Gregory L.
University of South Florida
Walberg Teresa J.
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