Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 252, Issue 8, Pages 2752-2756Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.04.048
Keywords
femtosecond laser pulses; polarization effect; silicon surface microstructure
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Arrays of conical-like spikes can be formed on silicon surface after irradiated with femtosecond laser pulses in ambient of SF6 or N-2. In this article, we report our observations on how the shape of the spikes formed on silicon surface varies with the polarization of laser beam. The experimental results show that, with circular polarized laser irradiation, the shape of the spikes is conical; however, with linearly polarized laser irradiation, the spikes show elliptic conical shape, and the long-axes are perpendicular to the direction of the polarization of laser beam. The asymmetric shape of spikes produced by linearly polarized laser beam can be explained by considering the polarization dependence of Fresnel-refraction. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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