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THIN SOLID FILMS
卷 524, 期 -, 页码 328-333出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.10.015
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Aluminum nitride; Radio-frequency magnetron sputtering; Transmission electron microscopy; X-ray diffraction; Ellipsometry
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- Romanian Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport-National Authority for Scientific Research [PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0016]
Spectroscopic ellipsometry, X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy experiments are employed to characterize aluminum nitride (AlN) thin films obtained by radio-frequency magnetron sputtering at low temperature (approximate to 50 degrees C). To understand the growth mechanism and to get in depth information of such films by using ex situ characterization techniques, the AlN thin film sample series were prepared for different sputtering times, while keeping constant all the other deposition conditions. The diffraction studies reveal a [002] oriented growth of the AlN thin films. The misorientation of this crystallographic axis to the normal to the surface reduces progressively with film growth. A nonmonotonic behavior of the AlN pseudo-refractive index versus deposition time indicates a complex depth profile of the AlN thin films optical properties. The difference in orientation dispersion of the [002] crystallite axis, the variation of defects concentration and each constituent atom density influence the refractive index evolution. Our interpretation validity was verified by producing and characterizing samples obtained at intermediate deposition time. The AlN thin films show also very good pull-out adherence values. (C) 2012 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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