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Ion mass dependence of the etch yield of SrTiO{sub 3} films in reactive plasmas

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2056611· OSTI ID:20709800
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  1. Departement de Physique, Universite de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec (Canada)
The influence of the positive ion composition on the ion-assisted chemical etch yield of SrTiO{sub 3} films in Ar/SF{sub 6} plasmas is investigated using a parametric approach. The etch yield is found to decrease as the concentration fraction of molecular ions increases. Introducing the concept of effective mass for both ions and SrTiO{sub 3}, these experimental results are quantitatively explained in the framework of a well-established model originally developed to describe the sputtering of single-atom materials by noble monoatomic ions.
OSTI ID:
20709800
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 87; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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