Investigation of laser annealing mechanisms in thin film coatings by photothermal microscopy

We study the evolution of the absorptance of amorphous metal oxide thin films when exposed to intense CW laser radiation measured using a photothermal microscope. The evolution of the absorptance is characterized by a nonexponential decay. Different models that incorporate linear and nonlinear absor...

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Autores: Zaldivar Escola, Facundo, Mingolo, Nélida, Martínez, Oscar E., Rocca, Jorge J., Menoni, Carmen S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/118189
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/118189
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:laser annealing mechanisms
photothermal microscopy
thin film coatings
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Sumario:We study the evolution of the absorptance of amorphous metal oxide thin films when exposed to intense CW laser radiation measured using a photothermal microscope. The evolution of the absorptance is characterized by a nonexponential decay. Different models that incorporate linear and nonlinear absorption, free carrier absorption, and defect diffusion are used to fit the results, with constraints imposed on the fit parameters to scale with power and intensity. The model that best fits is that two types of interband defects are passivated independently, one by a one-photon process and the other one by a two-photon process.