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Laser-induced defect formation in semiconductors

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The electron-deformation-thermal theory of pulsed laser-induced point defect generation in strongly absorbing semiconductors is developed. The theoretical results obtained are in a good agreement with the results of experiments carried out in Ge, GaAs, and GaP.

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Emel'yanov, V.I., Kashkarov, P.K. Laser-induced defect formation in semiconductors. Appl. Phys. A 55, 161–166 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334217

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