WANG Xin-jian, SONG Hang, LI Da-bing, JIANG Hong, LI Zhi-ming, MIAO Guo-qing, SUN Xiao-juan, CHEN Yi-ren, JIA Hui. Deposition of AlN Films on Nitrided Sapphire Substrates by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,33(2): 227-232
WANG Xin-jian, SONG Hang, LI Da-bing, JIANG Hong, LI Zhi-ming, MIAO Guo-qing, SUN Xiao-juan, CHEN Yi-ren, JIA Hui. Deposition of AlN Films on Nitrided Sapphire Substrates by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering[J]. Chinese Journal of Luminescence, 2012,33(2): 227-232 DOI: 10.3788/fgxb20123302.0227.
Deposition of AlN Films on Nitrided Sapphire Substrates by Reactive DC Magnetron Sputtering
Aluminum nitride (AlN) films were prepared successfully on sapphire and nitrided sapphire substrates by reactive DC magnetron sputtering. The effect of nitridation of sapphire substrate on the growth of AlN films was studied. The films were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD)
atomic force microscopy (AFM) and optical absorption spectrum. XRD patterns of AlN films exhibited a strong preferential
c
-axis orientation
and nitridation of sapphire substrate could improve the crystal quality of AlN films and also decrease the residual stress of films. But AFM results revealed that the grain size distribution of films deposited on nitrided sapphire substrates was not more homogenous than that of films deposited on sapphire substrates
and optical absorption results also showed nitridation of sapphire substrate nearly had no effect on the optical behavior of AlN films.
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