Yadav, Amit, Kbashi, Hani, Kolpakov, Stanislav, Gordon, Neil, Zhou, Kaiming and Rafailov, Edik U. (2017). Stealth dicing of sapphire wafers with near infra-red femtosecond pulses. Applied Physics A, 123 (5),
Abstract
The quality of the reflecting faces after dicing is critical for the fabrication of efficient and stable laser diodes emitting in the green–violet region. However, high-quality faces can be difficult to achieve for devices grown on a sapphire substrate as this material is difficult to cleave cleanly. We have therefore investigated a technology known as “stealth dicing”. The technology uses a pulsed laser to damage a plane of material inside of the wafer due to multi-photon absorption instead of cutting through the wafer surface. If the damage is induced in a line of stress points, the sample can then be cleaved easily along the damaged plane to leave a high-quality surface. The use of this technique also reduces thermal damage and debris.
Divisions: | College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT) |
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Publication ISSN: | 1432-0630 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2023 11:33 |
Date Deposited: | 15 May 2017 12:55 |
Full Text Link: |
10.1007/s00339-017-0927-0 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2017-05 |
Published Online Date: | 2017-04-25 |
Accepted Date: | 2017-03-23 |
Submitted Date: | 2016-12-05 |
Authors: |
Yadav, Amit
Kbashi, Hani Kolpakov, Stanislav Gordon, Neil Zhou, Kaiming Rafailov, Edik U. |