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Revista mexicana de física
versión impresa ISSN 0035-001X
Rev. mex. fis. vol.54 no.4 México ago. 2008
Investigación
Characterization of ALN thin films deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering
M. GarcíaMéndezª, S. MoralesRodríguezb, R. Machorroc and W. De La Cruzc
ª Laboratorio de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Facultad de Ciencias FísicoMatemáticas de la UANL, División de Posgrado, Manuel L. Barragán S/N, Edif. de Posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. 66450, México, email: mgarcia@fcfm.uanl.mx
b Programa de Posgrado en Ingeniería Física Industrial, FCFMUANL, División de Posgrado, Manuel L. Barragán S/N, Edif. de Posgrado, Ciudad Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, N.L. 66450, México.
c Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Km. 107, Carretera TijuanaEnsenada, Ensenada, B.C. 22860, México
Recibido el 30 de mayo de 2007
Aceptado el 2 de junio de 2008
Abstract
A set of AlN thinfilms was prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering at room temperature. The purpose of this work was to study the effect of oxygen impurities on the structural and optical properties of AlN films. The structural and optical properties of the resulting films were characterized using Xray diffraction (XRD) and spectroscopic ellipsometry, respectively. Depending on the deposition conditions, films can be hexagonal (wurtzite, P633m3) or cubic (zinc blende, Fm3m) in their microstructure. From the optical measurements, the ellipsometric parameters (ψ,Δ) and the real refractive index as a function of energy were obtained. From the ellipsometric measurements, a model of the Lorentz singleoscillator was employed to estimate the optical band gap, Eg.
Keywords: Reactive sputtering; thin films; AlN.
Resumen
Se utilizó la técnica de erosión iónica reactiva para crecer películas delgadas de nitruro de aluminio (AlN). El propósito principal de este trabajo consistió en analizar el efecto del oxígeno en las propiedades ópticas y estructurales de las películas. Las propiedades estructurales y ópticas de las muestras se caracterizaron con espectroscopia elipsométrica y difracción de rayos X, respectivamente. La microestructura que pueden presentar las películas puede ser hexagonal (tipo wurzita, P633m3) ó cubica (zincblenda, Fm3m), dependiendo de las condiciones de depósito. A partir de la medición de los parámetros elipsométricos (ψ,Δ), se utilizó el modelo del oscilador simple de Lorentz para obtener un estimado del ancho óptico, Eg.
Descriptores: Erosión iónica reactiva; películas delgadas; AlN.
PACS: 81.15.Z, 68.55.a, 82.80.d
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Acknowledgements
This work was sponsored by CONACyTMéxico (project CO243707) and PAICyTUANL (project CA125606). M. García Méndez would like to thank Dr. Miguel Ávalos Borja, from CCMCUNAM, Ensenada, because the facilities granted for the use of XRD equipment. Also to Eloísa Aparicio Ceja, V Garcia and J.A. Diaz for the technical support. Authors thanks Azahel Bueno for his ellipsometric measurements.
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