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Laser annealing shows promise for making p‐n junctions

JUL 01, 1978

DOI: 10.1063/1.2995100

H. Richard Leuchtag

Ion implantation, a powerful technique for producing p–n junctions—the life‐blood of solid‐state electronics and photovoltaic solar cells—has run into snags, and now there is a promising new way to cut through these snags: laser annealing.

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