Laser is a powerful tool in many applications. It is especially useful in material processing. Thanks to it's narrow frequency bandwidth, coherence and high power density this instrument is used in many scientific research works and experiments. Often the light beam is intense enough to vaporize the hardest and most heat resistant materials. Besides, due to its high precision, reliability and s...

Controlling the properties of semiconductor/metal interfaces is a powerful method for designing functionality and improving the performance of electrical devices. Recently semiconductor/superconductor hybrids have appeared as an important example where the atomic scale uniformity of the interface plays a key role in determining the quality of the induced superconducting gap. Here we present epi...

In order to calculate the redis tr ibut ion of boron in silicon by both diffusion and autodoping dur ing epitaxial growth, certain materials parameters must be known as a function of temperature. The parameters are the diffusion coefficient of boron, the evaporat ion coefficient of boron from silicon, and the silicon evaporation rate in a hydrogen ambient. The value of the diffusion coefficient...