Vi. Emelyanov, FORMATION OF PERIODIC NANOMETER STRUCTURES IN A DEFECT-STRAIN SYSTEM AND LASER-INDUCED AMORPHIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTORS, Laser physics, 6(2), 1996, pp. 423-426
It is demonstrated that as the concentration of laser-induced defects
(interstices and vacancies) becomes higher than a critical concentrati
on, a crystal is split into nanometer domains separated by defect wall
s. The results of this analysis are used to develop a model of laser-i
nduced amorphization of crystals.