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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 43, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/12/124013
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- PNCDI [540/2009]
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Two different blue light laser diodes were used to investigate two types of atoms, namely Ti with resonance transition centred lambda(0)(Ti) = 398.289 nm and Al with lambda(0)(Al) = 394.512 nm. Tunable diode-laser induced fluorescence offers local information on two groups of sputtered particles-non-thermalized and thermalized. The anisotropic velocity distribution functions (vdfs) are characterized probing the plasma along two directions: parallel to the target, nu(r), and perpendicular to it, nu(z). Measurements were performed in two plasma reactors both having planar magnetron cathodes with circular symmetry but with Ti and Al targets of different magnet strengths and diameters. The similar results of the vdf space dependence for these magnetron systems confirm the general behaviour of sputtered species transport. These similarities are related to the circular geometry and fundamentals of sputtering whereas differences are due to each specific sputtered element. The experimental results also show the effect of current density on the shape of vdf for Ti and Al. An increase in the current intensity implies a linear increase in the relative density of energetic sputtered atoms while the group of thermalized ones appears unaffected in the high current density regime.
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