Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposition of titanium nitride thin film: Optimization of process parameters using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Autor: A.K. Balamurugan, R. Krishnan, Tom Mathews, A.K. Tyagi, Baldev Raj, Vikram Jayaram, Sitaram Dash
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Applied Surface Science. 256:3077-3080
ISSN: 0169-4332
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2009.11.076
Popis: Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposition is a single step process wherein the ablated elemental metal reacts with a low pressure ambient gas to form a compound. We report here a Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry based analytical methodology to conduct minimum number of experiments to arrive at optimal process parameters to obtain high quality TiN thin film. Quality of these films was confirmed by electron microscopic analysis. This methodology can be extended for optimization of other process parameters and materials. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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