New Laser
Substrate Heater with High Power Diode Laser
The temperature
is one of the most important physical parameters for the epitaxial growth
of thin films. The generation of these high temperatures in UHV applications
is always a compromize between the demand of the process and the available
heat source for such a temperature. The individual vapour pressure of all
involved materials of the heater generates under UHV conditions a mixture
of partial pressures - which could generate problems with the process quality.
This problem is even increasing with higher temperatures and together with
the demand in the oxygen resistance of the heater material. Conventional
radiation heaters are built from SURFACE in different sizes for up to 1000
°C. Substrates with 5x5 mm dimensions are heated as well as 150x150
mm. SURFACE has developed a laser heater system for substrate sizes of up
to 10 mm in diameter, using the latest available diode laser technology.
Block diagram of the advanced SURFACE Laser heater system
SURFACE
offers laser moduls from 50 to 250 W compact, high flexible and
ready to use with all necessary components:
Focussing
optic with light fiber
High
power diode laser module with power supply
Control
unit for advanced laser processing with high speed Linux PC,
with real time kernel
CW
Mode:For standard laser heating of small substrates in UHV applications
- especially Laser MBE. Post process tempering at any oxygen pressure
for insitu cleaning of Si substrates to remove the native oxyde layer.
Pulsed
Mode: For flash annealing of thin films to recristallize a film or influence
the
grain size of such film.