Effects of temperature on the etching properties of Bi4-xLaxTi3O12 thin films
- Authors
- Kim, D.P.; Kim, K.T.; Koo, S.M.; Kim, C.I.
- Issue Date
- May-2004
- Publisher
- KOREAN PHYSICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Bi4-xLaxTi3O12; Cl-2/Ar; XPS; AFM
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY, v.44, no.5, pp 1128 - 1131
- Pages
- 4
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY
- Volume
- 44
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 1128
- End Page
- 1131
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/53105
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
1976-8524
- Abstract
- The etching properties of Bi4-xLaxTi3O12 (BLT) films etched in an inductively coupled Ar/Cl-2 plasma were investigated in terms of the gas mixing ratio, the rf power, and the substrate temperature. We obtained a high etch rate of 433 Angstrom/min at 30 degreesC and 344 Angstrom/min at 80 degreesC in Ar (15 SCCM)/Cl-2(15 seem). As the rf power was increased, the ion current density increased, resulting in an increase in the etch rate. To understand the etch mechanism of BLT in a Cl-2/Ar plasma, we performed the plasma diagnostics using a Langmuir probe (LP). The LP measurement indicated that the maximum ion density decreased with Cl-2 addition, but increased with the rf power. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) narrow scan analysis showed that La-chlorides remained on the etched surface and that the high accumulation of nonvolatile etch byproducts increased at high substrate temperatures. The analysis of surface reactions and the plasma diagnostics in the frameworks of an ion-assisted etching mechanism confirmed the possibility of non-monotonic etch rate behavior due to the concurrence of physical sputtering and chemical etching activated by ion bombardment.
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