Published 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Langmuir probe investigation of a plasma produced in a dc magnetron sputtering system

  • 1. Institute of Optoelectronics, PO Box MG-22, R-76900 Bucharest (Romania)

Description

Some characteristics of a plasma produced in reactive dc magnetron system with three rectangular magnetrons for Ti N thin film deposition, were investigated using a cylindrical Langmuir probe. The measurements were made in the substrate zone. The system was operated with titanium target, at a pressure of about 5 ·10-1 Pa, in pure Ar and Ar+N2 mixture, with magnetron currents of 1 A and 3 A. The system was operated with all three magnetrons. From probe characteristics the plasma potential and electron temperature in all these situations were derived. (authors)

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Journal Title
Romanian Reports in Physics
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
3-4
Journal Page Range
p. 251-255
ISSN
1221-1451

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Notes
10 refs., 4 figs.