After a brief introduction on the phenomena governing the ohmic contact formation and
measurements in metal—semiconductor structures, we present a review of papers on the …

Laser-Beam Interactions with Materials treats, from a physicist's point of view, the wide
variety of processes that lasers can induce in materials. Physical phenomena ranging from …

Ion Implantation and Beam Processing covers the scientific and technological advances in
the fields of ion implantation and beam processing. The book discusses the amorphization …

The annealing of semiconductors is of critical importance for successful electronic device
fabrication. The present review surveys the new field of transient annealing and covers all …

Combining semiconducting and ferromagnetic properties, dilute ferromagnetic
semiconductors (DFS) have been under intensive investigation for more than two decades …

The application of laser radiation to the processing of silicon and silicon-based solid state
devices has developed in the past two decades. A few of these techniques are becoming …

We present a detailed investigation of the magnetic and magnetotransport properties of thin
films of ferromagnetic Ga 1− x Mn x As synthesized using ion implantation and pulsed-laser …

In order to further understand the pulsed-laser melting (PLM) of Mn and N implanted GaAs,
which we have used to synthesize thin films of the ferromagnetic semiconductor Ga 1− x Mn …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides a combined introductory overview and historical
survey of the development of laser processing of semiconductors. It focuses on various types …

Degradation of Ohmic contact layers on n-type GaAs is known to be a common cause of
device failure, particularly at the elevated temperatures and high current densities …