An aggregation of crystals extending long in the scanning direction (a
long crystal grain region) is formed when a continuous wave laser
oscillator (a CW laser oscillator) is employed for annealing the
semiconductor film in the manufacturing process of a semiconductor
device. The long crystal grain region has a characteristic similar to
that of single crystal in the scanning direction, but there is
restriction for high integration because of the small output of the CW
laser oscillator. pa In order to solve the problem, a pulsed laser beam 1
having a wavelength absorbed sufficiently in the semiconductor film is
used in combination with a laser beam 2 having a high output and having a
wavelength absorbed sufficiently in the melted semiconductor film. After
irradiating the laser beam 1 to melt the semiconductor widely, the laser
beam 2 is irradiated to the melted region. And then the laser beam 2 and
the semiconductor film are moved relatively while keeping the melting
state so as to form the long crystal grain region. The laser beam 2 keeps
to be irradiated to the semiconductor film until the laser beam 1 is
irradiated, and the output of the laser beam 2 is attenuated when the
laser beam 1 is irradiated so as not to give the energy more than is
needed so that the very uniform laser annealing becomes possible. Thus
the long crystal grain region having a width 10 times as broad as the
conventional one can be formed.