Published February 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Characteristics of ultraviolet-assisted pulsed-laser-deposited Y2O3 thin films

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611 (United States)
  • 2. Laser Department, National Institute for Laser, Plasma, and Radiation Physics, Bucharest, (Romania)

Description

The properties of thin Y2O3 films grown using an in situ ultraviolet (UV)-assisted pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique were studied. With respect to Y2O3 films grown by conventional PLD under similar conditions but without UV illumination, the UVPLD-grown films exhibited better structural and optical properties, especially for lower substrate temperatures, from 340 to 400 degree sign C. These layers were highly crystalline and textured along the (111) direction, and their refractive index values were similar to those of reference Y2O3 layers. They also exhibited a better stoichiometry and contained less physisorbed oxygen than the conventional PLD-grown layers. (c) 2000 Materials Research Society

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Materials Research
Journal Volume
15
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 488-494
ISSN
0884-2914
CODEN
JMREEE

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
32059718
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MICROSTRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SORPTIVE PROPERTIES; STOICHIOMETRY; TEXTURE; THIN FILMS; VISIBLE SPECTRA; YTTRIUM OXIDES
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; DATA; FILMS; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SPECTRA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
pulsed laser deposition; crystal microstructure