Vi. Emelyanov et Im. Panin, A HIERARCHY OF THE FORMATION OF NANOMETER CLUSTERS AND PERIODIC STRUCTURES OF LASER-INDUCED DEFECTS, Laser physics, 6(5), 1996, pp. 971-978
The theory of the formation of nanometer clusters and periodic structu
res of laser-induced point defects that interact with an elastic conti
nuum is developed. It is demonstrated that two characteristic scale pa
rameters determine the sizes of these structures. A hierarchy of the f
ormation of such structures with a growth in laser intensity is analyz
ed and compared with the experimental data on laser-induced structure
modification of the surface of semiconductors.