Fabrication processing effects on the microstructure and morphology of erbium film |
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Authors: | Shen Hua-Hai Peng Shu-Ming Long Xing-Gui Zhou Xiao-Song Yang Li Liu in-Hua Sun Qing-Qiang and Zu Xiao-Tao |
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Institution: | [1]Department of Applied Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China [2]Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mian yang 621900, China |
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Abstract: | The effect of substrate temperature on the microstructure and the morphology of erbium film are systematically investigated using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). All the erbium films are grown by electron-beam vapor deposition (EBVD). A novel preparation method for observing the cross-section morphology of the erbium film is developed. The films deposited at 200°C have (002) preferred orientation, and the films deposited at 450°C have a mixed (100) and (101) texture, due to the different growth mechanisms of surface energy minimization and recrystallization, respectively. The peak positions and the full widths at half maximum (FWHMs) of erbium diffraction lines (100), (002), and (101) shift towards higher angles and decrease with the increasing substrate temperature in a largely uniform manner, respectively. Also, the lattice constants decrease with increasing temperature. The transition in the film stresses can be used to interpret the changes in peak positions, FWHMs, and lattice constants. The stress is compressive for the as-growth films, and is counteracted by the tensile stress formed during the process of temperature cooling to room temperature. The tensile stress mainly originates from the difference in the coefficients of thermal expansion of the substrate–film couple. |
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Keywords: | erbium film substrate temperature preferred orientation columnar grain |
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