In:
Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Publishing, Vol. 84, No. 11 ( 1998-12-01), p. 5922-5927
Abstract:
Results of a study of optical second-harmonic (SH) generation in AlN films deposited on borosilicate glass by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering are reported. As determined by x-ray diffraction (XRD), the films were highly c-axis oriented. The transmitted SH signal for film thickness ranging from 340 to 7800 Å was measured. The signal was consistent with the existence of a dead layer (in which no SH was generated) on the film surface with an effective thickness of ∼300 Å. A set of 7800-Å-thick films were deposited at substrate temperatures from ambient to Ts=400 °C. For films deposited at 100 °C or higher, minimal variation in the SH signal with Ts was found. Values of |d33|=4 pm/V and |d31|=0.04 pm/V, with d33 and d31 having the same sign, were obtained for Ts=400 °C. The approximate tilt angle of the optic axis of the films with respect to the substrate surface normal was determined. XRD results showed that the tilt was due to a tilt of the crystallographic texture axis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-8979
,
1089-7550
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
1998
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