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← ScienceWhich outcome occurs when a pulsed laser anneals polysilicon?
A)Grain size increases via Ostwald ripening✓
B)Amorphous regions become more disordered
C)Dopant segregation decreases due to electromigration
D)Vacancy concentration gradient reverses direction
💡 Explanation
During laser annealing, larger grains grow by the mechanism of Ostwald ripening because smaller, high-energy grains dissolve, therefore the average grain size increases, rather than reducing the overall crystallinity or reversing vacancy gradients.
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