Thin film mixtures synthesized by cross-beam PLD

Fabrication of metastable binary solid state film mixtures with continuously variable composition by asymmetric cross-beam PLD is demonstrated. In this technique, the materials are mixed directly in the intersection region of colliding plasmas of individual target materials. This technique can be advantageous for synthesis of solid state quasi-solutions of partially miscible materials, where one can expect interesting mechanic properties and magnetic transformations.