RESEARCH INTERESTS
LASER CRYSTALLIZATION OF SI FILMS; ENERGY-BEAM-INDUCED MELTING AND SOLIDIFICATION OF THIN FILMS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS & NUCLEATION IN CONDENSED SYSTEMS; ELA (EXCIMER-LASER ANNEALING), SLS (SEQUENTIAL LATERAL SOLIDIFICATION), AND SBC, (SPOT-BEAM CRYSTALLIZATION) OF SI FILMS; POLYCRYSTALLINE SI FILMS FOR THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT)-BASED ACTIVE-MATRIX DISPLAYS.