Surrounding the wafer with an edge ring also made of silicon can significantly reduce these discontinuities. Another critical component best made of silicon is the plasma confinement ring that helps ...

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But although about 75% of the Earth is made from silica — or silicon ... of a silicon wafer with femtosecond laser pulses in the presence of a sulfur-containing gas transforms its shiny surface ...

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