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Optical Behavior of Sputter-Deposited Aluminum Nitride: Relationship to Film Cheiistry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

C. J. G. Kubiak ,
C. R. Aita ,
F. S. Hickernell  and
S. J. Joseph
C. J. G. Kubiak
Affiliation:
Materials Department and the Labortory for Surface Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee P.O. Box 784, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
C. R. Aita
Affiliation:
Materials Department and the Labortory for Surface Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee P.O. Box 784, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
F. S. Hickernell
Affiliation:
Motorola, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona 85252
S. J. Joseph
Affiliation:
Motorola, Inc. Scottsdale, Arizona 85252
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Abstract

Films which are nominally aluminum nitride were grown by reactive sputter deposition using an aluminum target and rf-excited nitrogen discharges operated at power levels from 100 to 800W. Depositions were made on water-cooled (111)-cut Si and amorphous quartz substrates. The optical behavior of these films and its relationship to chemistry is discussed in the present paper.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 47: Symposium C – Thin Films: The Relationship of Structure to Properties , 1985 , 75
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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