10.57647/j.jtap.2025.1906.61

Giant Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity of Azo Thin Films by Irradiating of Excimer and Femtosecond Laser Wavelengths

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  • Raheleh Khatiri1,
  • Alireza Bananej*1,
  • Hossein Razaghi1,
  • Meigol Bostandoost1,
  • Fereshteh Hajiesmaeilbeigi1,
  • Ahmad Lashkari2,
  • Somayyeh Panahibakhsh2,
  • Asma Motamedi1,
  1. Photonics and quantum technology research school, Nuclear Science and Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
  2. Nuclear fuel cycle research school, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2025-09-02

Revised: 2025-09-14

Accepted: 2005-11-04

Published in Issue 2025-12-31

Copyright (c) 2025 Raheleh Khatiri, Alireza Bananej, Hossein Razaghi, Meigol Bostandoost, Fereshteh Hajiesmaeilbeigi, Ahmad Lashkari, Somayyeh Panahibakhsh, Asma Motamedi (Author)

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Khatiri R, Bananej A, Razaghi H, Bostandoost M, Hajiesmaeilbeigi F, Lashkari A, et al. Giant Enhancement of Electrical Conductivity of Azo Thin Films by Irradiating of Excimer and Femtosecond Laser Wavelengths. J Theor Appl phys. 2025 Dec. 31;19(6). Available from: https://oiccpress.com/jtap/article/view/17816
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Abstract

As an importance of AZO thin films for different industrial applications, it is important to lowering its electrical resistivity and hence, enhancement of electrical conductivity. Therefore, in this research AZO thin film was fabricated by using sol gel method and then annealed at 500°C in an air environment for 2 hours. Finally, Azo thin films irradiated by different laser wavelengths at nanosecond, ArF excimer laser at 193nm, and femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser which is tuned at 800nm. It can be seen the great positive impact of laser irradiation on the electrical conductivity of the samples.

Keywords

  • Femtosecond Laser,
  • AZO films,
  • Laser irradiation
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