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Structural and Electronic Properties of Cu-doped ZnO Thin Films by RF Sputtering Method

  • Lee, Ik-Jae;Seong, Nak-Eon;Yu, Cheong-Jong;Lee, Han-Gu;Sin, Hyeon-Jun;Yun, Yeong-Deok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.103-103
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    • 2011
  • The epitaxial Cu-doped ZnO and pure ZnO thin films were grown on Al2O3 (0001) substrates by RF sputtering method. The structures and crystallographic orientations were investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. From the XRD pattern, it is observed that peak positions shift towards higher $2{\theta}$ value with Cu doping. The ${\omega}$-scan measurements at the (0002) diffraction peak for these samples reveal that the full-widths at half-maxima (FWHMs) are about $0.017-0.019^{\circ}$, which indicate a good c-axis orientation of the Zn1-xCuxO films. From phi-scan, all of the Zn1-xCuxO films were epitaxially grown. EXAFS measurements also demonstrated that Cu incorporated into a Zn-atom position substitutionally. All the results confirmed that copper ion were well incorporated into the ZnO lattices by substituting Zn sites without changing the wurtzite structure and no secondary phase existed in Cu-doped ZnO thin films.

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Growth of Er : $LiNbO_{3}$ single crystal thin film with high crystal quality by LPE method

  • Tong-Ik Shin;Hyun Lee;Joong-Won Shur;Byungyou Hong;Dae-Ho Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 1999
  • High quality of $Er_{2}O_{3}$ doped $LiNbO_{3}$ single crystal thin films were grown by the liquid phase epitaxial (LPE) method using $Er_{2}O_{3}$ doped at concentrations of 1,3, and 5 mol% respectively. After the growth of single crystal thin film, the crystallinity and the lattice mismatch along the c-axis between the film and the substrate was examined as a function of the variations of{{{{{Er}_{2}{O}_{3}}}}} dopant concentration using a X-ray double crystal technique. There was no lattice mismatch along the c-axis for the undoped film and those doped with 1 and 3 mol% of $Er_{2}O_{3}$. For 5 mol% of $Er_{2}O_{3}$ doped film, the lattice mismatch was $7.86{\times}10^{-4}$nm along the c-axis.

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Analysis of structural properties of epitaxial BST thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition (펄스형 레이저 증착법으로 제조된 에피탁시 BST 박막의 구조 분석)

  • 김상섭;제정호
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.355-360
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    • 1998
  • Epitaxial $Ba_{0.5}Sr_{0.5}TiO_3$thin films of two different thickness (~250 $\AA$ and ~1340 $\AA$) on MgO(001) prepared by a pulsed laser deposition method were studied by synchroton x-ray scattering measurements. The film initially grew on MgO(001) with a cube-on-cube relationship, maintaining it during further growth. As the film grew, the surface of the film became rough significantly, but the interface between the film and the substrate seemed to have changed little. In the early stage, the film was highly strained in a tetragonal structure with the longer axis parallel to the surface normal direction. As the growth proceeded further, it was mostly relaxed to a cubic structure with the lattice parameter of the bulk value and the mosaic distribution improved significantly in both in-plane and out-of-plane directions.

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Hot-wall epitaxial growth and characteristic of CdTe films (Hot-wall epitaxy법에 의한 CdTe 박막의 성장과 특성)

  • 박효열;조재혁;진광수;황영훈
    • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.140-144
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    • 2004
  • CdTe thin films were grown on GaAs (100) substrates by hot wall epitaxy method. From the XRD measurements, it was found that CdTe/GaAs (100) film was grown as a single crystals with the different from growth plane of (III), and growth rate of CdTe thin films was found to be 30 $\AA/sec$ by SEM. To acquire a high quality CdTe thin film, the optimum temperature for the source and substrate are found to be $500^{\circ}C$ and $320^{\circ}C$, respectively, which was checked by PL.

Strain evolution in Tin Oxide thin films deposited by powder sputtering method

  • Cha, Su-Yeon;Gang, Hyeon-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.283.1-283.1
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    • 2016
  • Tin Oxide(SnO2) has been widely investigated as a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) and can be used in optoelectronic devices such as solar cell and flat-panel displays. It would be applicable to fabricating the wide bandgap semiconductor because of its bandgap of 3.6 eV. In addition, SnO2 is commonly used as gas sensors. To fabricate high quality epitaxial SnO2 thin films, a powder sputtering method was used, in contrast to typical sputtering technique with sintered target. Single crystalline sapphire(0001) substrates were used. The samples were prepared with varying the growth parameters such as gas environment and film thickness. Then, the samples were characterized by using X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy measurements. We found that the strain evolution of the samples was highly affected by gas environment and growth rate, resulted in the delamination under O2 environment.

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Sticking Characteristics in BiSrCaCuO Thin Film Fabricated by Layer-by-Layer Sputtering Method (순차 스퍼터법으로 제작한 BiSrCaCuO 박막의 부착 특성)

  • Cheon, Min-Woo;Park, Yong-Pil;Kim, Jeong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.05d
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    • pp.45-48
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    • 2003
  • BiSrCaCuO thin films were fabricated by atomic layer-by-layer deposition using an ion beam sputtering method. 10 wt% and 90 wt% ozone mixed with oxygen were used with ultraviolet light irradiation to assist oxidation. At early stages of the atomic layer by layer deposition, two dimensional epitaxial growth which covers the substrate surface would be suppressed by the stress and strain caused by the lattice misfit, then three dimensional growth takes place. Since Cu element is the most difficult to oxidize, only Sr and Bi react with each other predominantly, and forms a buffer layer on the substrate in an amorphous-like structure, which is changed to $SrBi_2O_4$ by in-situ anneal.

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Properties Optimization for Perovskite Oxide Thin Films by Formation of Desired Microstructure

  • Liu, Xingzhao;Tao, Bowan;Wu, Chuangui;Zhang, Wanli;Li, Yanrong
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.43 no.11 s.294
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    • pp.715-723
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    • 2006
  • Perovskite oxide materials are very important for the electronics industry, because they exhibit promising properties. With an interest in the obvious applications, significant effort has been invested in the growth of highly crystalline epitaxial perovskite oxide thin films in our laboratory. And the desired structure of films was formed to achieve excellent properties. $Y_1Ba_2Cu_3O_{7-x}$ (YBCO) superconducting thin films were simultaneously deposited on both sides of 3 inch wafer by inverted cylindrical sputtering. Values of microwave surface resistance R$_2$ (75 K, 145 GHz, 0 T) smaller than 100 m$\Omega$ were reached over the whole area of YBCO thin films by pre-seeded a self-template layer. For implementation of voltage tunable high-quality varactor, A tri-layer structured SrTiO$_3$ (STO) thin films with different tetragonal distortion degree was prepared in order to simultaneously achieve a large relative capacitance change and a small dielectric loss. Highly a-axis textured $Ba_{0.65}Sr_{0.35}TiO_3$ (BST65/35) thin films was grown on Pt/Ti/SiO$_2$/Si substrate for monolithic bolometers by introducing $Ba_{0.65}Sr_{0.35}RuO_3$ (BSR65/35) thin films as buffer layer. With the buffer layer, the leakage current density of BST65/35 thin films were greatly reduced, and the pyroelectric coefficient of $7.6\times10_{-7}$ C $cm^{-2}$ $K^{-1}$ was achieved at 6 V/$\mu$m bias and room temperature.

Optical properties of epitaxial $Gd_2$O_3:EU^{3+}$luminescent thin films depending on crystallinity ($Gd_2$O_3:EU^{3+}$ 형광체 박막의 결정성에 따른 발광특성 연구)

  • 장문형;최윤기;정권범;황보상우;장홍규;노명근;조만호;손기선;김창해
    • Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.275-280
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    • 2003
  • Epitaxial Gd$_2O_3:Eu^{3+}$luminescent thin films have been grout on Si(III) substrates using ionized Cluster Beam Deposition (ICBD). After the film growing, they were implanted and post annealed to change the crystal structure. The initial growth stage was monitored by using in-situ Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED). The formed crystal structure was identified with X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and Fourier transform infrared (FT-R) spectroscopy. The electronic states variations were investigated by Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS). Photoluminescence (PL), Cathodoluminescence (CL). and Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) spectrum were used for examining the optical properties. We report the optical property changes depending on crystal structure and the electronic states.

Epitaxial growth of Pt Thin Film on Basal-Plane Sapphire Using RF Magnetron Sputtering

  • 이종철;김신철;송종환;이충만
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 1998.02a
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    • pp.41-41
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    • 1998
  • Rare earth metal films have been used as a buffer layer for growing ferroelectric t thin film or a seed layer for magnetic multilayer. But when it was deposited on s semiconductor substrates for the application of magneto-optic (MO) storage media, it i is difficult to exactly measure magnetic cons떠nts due to shunting current, and so it n needs to grow metal films on insulator substrate to reduce such effect. Recently, it w was reported that ultra-thin Pt layer were epitaxially grown on A12O:J by ion beam s sputtering in 비떠 high vacuum and it can be used as a seed layer for the growth of C Co-contained magnetic multilayer. In this stu$\phi$, Pt thin film were epi떠xially grown on AI2D3 ($\alpha$)OJ) by RF magnetron s sputtering. The crystalline structure was analyzed by transmission electron microscope ( (TEM) and Rutherford Back Scattering (RBS)/Ion Channeling. In TEM study, Pt was b believed to be twinned on AI잉3($\alpha$)01) su$\pi$ace about Pt(ll1) plane.Moreover, RBS c channeling spectra showed that minimum scattering yield of Pt(111)/AI2O:J(1$\alpha$)OJ) was 4 4% and Pt(11J)/AI2D3($\alpha$)OJ) had 3-fold symmetry.

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Growth of $Er:LiNbO_3$ single crystal thin film with high crystal quality by LPE method (LPE법에 의한 고품질 $Er:LiNbO_3$ 단결정 박막의 성장)

  • Shin, Tong-Il;Lee, Hyun;Shur, Joong-Won;Byungyou Hong;Yoon, Dae-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Association of Crystal Growth Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.305-320
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    • 1999
  • It was grown Er2O3 doped LiNbO3 single crystal thin films with high crystal quality by liquid phase epitaxial (LPE) method. Er2O3 was doped with a concentration of 1, 3, and 5 mol% respectively. After the growth of single crystal thin film, we examined the crystallinity and the lattice mismatch along the c-axis between the film and the substrate with the variation of Er2O3 dopant using X-ray double crystal technique. There were no lattice mismatches along the c-axis for the undoped and the films doped with 1 and 3 mol% of Er2O3. For 5 mol% of Er2O3 doped film, there was a lattice mismatch of 7.86x10-4nm along the c-axis.

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