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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1995
Robert A Lux, Toms River, NJ (US);
James A Harvey, Apex, NC (US);
Arthur Tauber, Elberon, NJ (US);
Steven C Tidrow, Eatontown, NJ (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An ablation process by which fused deposits of silicon particles are accuated on a substrate of selected material in accordance with whether microclusters of spherical configurations or microfilaments of cylindrical configurations are to be fabricated. Silicon ablation is accomplished in an inert gas atmosphere with an excimer laser that generates light pulses of which the wavelength and frequency are controlled to fix the energy level thereof. The pressure of the inert gas atmosphere is also controlled in accordance with whether microclusters or microfilaments are to be fabricated.