Patent ID: 8451536

Claim:
A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an amorphous semiconductor film and a light absorbing layer in this order on a substrate; and annealing by applying laser light to said light absorbing layer to heat said light absorbing layer, crystallizing said amorphous semiconductor film to form a crystalline semiconductor film; said annealing step including the steps of: oscillating emitted laser light from a laser light source; splitting said emitted laser light into first linearly polarized light and second linearly polarized light different in polarization direction; dividing said first or second linearly polarized light into a plurality of light beams; converting said light beams into right circularly polarized light and left circularly polarized light alternately arranged in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis; and condensing said right circularly polarized light and said left circularly polarized light toward said light absorbing layer to be irradiated.