Analysis of thermal damage in bulk silicon with femtosecond laser micromachining

Edward Coyne; Gerard M. O'Connor; Paul Mannion; Jonathan Magee; Thomas J. Glynn

doi:10.1117/12.529218

15 July 2004 Analysis of thermal damage in bulk silicon with femtosecond laser micromachining

Edward Coyne, Gerard M. O'Connor, Paul Mannion, Jonathan Magee, Thomas J. Glynn

Proceedings Volume 5339, Photon Processing in Microelectronics and Photonics III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529218
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2004, San Jose, Ca, United States

Abstract

Femtosecond laser micromachining of silicon offers the potential to realize precision components with minimal thermal damage. In this work, an assessment of the damage observed in bulk silicon during femtosecond laser micromachining is presented. The different analysis methods used to determine the structural and chemical changes to wafer grade silicon is first described. The analysis is at or above the ablation threshold - defined as the point where laser induced crystalline- damage is first observed for 1 kHz laser pulses, of 150 fs duration, at a wavelength of 775nm. Structural analysis is based upon electron and optical microscopies, with different sample preparation techniques being used to reveal the micro-machined structure. A key feature of the work presented here is the high-resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) images of the laser-machined structures. Below the ablation threshold, electrical experiments were performed with silicon under femtosecond laser excitation to provide a direct method for determining the accumulation of damage to the silicon lattice. Based on this analysis, it will be shown that laser machining of silicon with femtosecond pulses can produce features with minimal thermal damage, although lattice damage created by mechanical stresses and the deposition of ablated material both limit the extent to which this can be achieved, particularly at high aspect ratios.

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Edward Coyne, Gerard M. O'Connor, Paul Mannion, Jonathan Magee, and Thomas J. Glynn "Analysis of thermal damage in bulk silicon with femtosecond laser micromachining", Proc. SPIE 5339, Photon Processing in Microelectronics and Photonics III, (15 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529218

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