RT Journal Article T1 Depth profile study of Ti implanted Si at very high doses A1 Martil De La Plaza, Ignacio A1 González Díaz, Germán A1 Olea Ariza, Javier AB A detailed study on the resulting impurity profile in Si samples implanted with high doses of Ti and subsequently annealed by pulsed-laser melting (PLM) is reported. Two different effects are shown to rule the impurity profile redistribution during the annealing. During the melting stage, the thickness of the implanted layer increases while the maximum peak concentration decreases (box-shaped effect). On the contrary, during the solidifying stage, the thickness of the layer decreases and the maximum peak concentration increases (snow-plow effect). Both effects are more pronounced as the energy density of the annealing increases. Moreover, as a direct consequence of the snow-plow effect, part of the impurities is expelled from the sample through the surface. PB American Institute of Physics SN 0021-8979 YR 2011 FD 2011-09-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44234 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44234 LA eng NO © 2011 American Institute of Physics. Authors would like to acknowledge the Nanotechnology and Surface Analysis Services of the Universidad de Vigo C.A.C.T.I. for ToF-SIMS measurements, C.A.I. de Microscopía of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for TEM measurements and C.A.I. de Técnicas Físicas of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for ion implantation experiments. This work was partially supported by the projects NUMANCIA-II (Grant No. S2009/ENE/1477) funded by the Comunidad de Madrid and GENESIS-FV (Grant No. CSD2006-00004) funded by the Spanish Consolider National Program. NO Comunidad de Madrid NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN) DS Docta Complutense RD 5 sept 2025