Growth, structure, and electrical transport properties of Mo/Ta superlattices

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5535689

Bennett, W R

High rate magnetically-confined-plasma-triode sputtering guns were used in a diffusion pumped vacuum chamber to fabricate metal-metal superlattices. By feedback control of the sputtering rates and microprocessor control of the substrate rotation, the individual layer thicknesses were kept constant to within +/-0.3% over the entire sample thickness approx.0.5 ..mu..m. Results of a number of structural characterization techniques applied to these materials are described, including Bragg Theta-2 Theta x-ray diffraction, transmission and reflection Laue diffraction, wide film Debye-Scherrer diffraction, and Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS). By depositing Ta onto freshly deposited Mo surfaces and using RBS to measure the resultant Ta coverage, the dependence of the Ta sticking coefficient on coverage was determined. The same was done for Mo deposited on Ta surfaces. A series of Mo/Ta superlattices were grown, with superlattice wavelengths covering the range from 10 to 120 A. A number of four-wire resistance measuring patterns were etched in each superlattice using standard photolithographic techniques. Resistivities of the superlattice films of various layer thicknesses were then measured to a relative precision of 0.01% and an absolute accuracy of 1%. The layer thickness dependence and temperature coefficient of the resistivity of these superlattices was analyzed using grain and size effect theories.

• Research Organization: Arizona Univ., Tucson (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5535689
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360101* -- Metals & Alloys-- Preparation & Fabrication
DEPOSITION
DIMENSIONS
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELEMENTS
FABRICATION
LAYERS
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SUPERLATTICES
TANTALUM
THICKNESS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS