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Laser Vaporization and Deposition of Lead Zirconate Titanate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Peter K. Schenck ,
Lawrence P. Cook ,
Jianrong Zhao ,
John W. Hastie ,
Edward N. Farabaugh ,
Chwan-Kang Chiang ,
Mark D. Vaudin  and
Philip S. Brody
Peter K. Schenck
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Lawrence P. Cook
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Jianrong Zhao
Affiliation:
Guest Scientist, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China
John W. Hastie
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Edward N. Farabaugh
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Chwan-Kang Chiang
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Mark D. Vaudin
Affiliation:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Philip S. Brody
Affiliation:
Harry Diamond Laboratories, Adelphi, MD.
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Abstract

Laser-induced vaporization of ceramics shows promise as a technique for the deposition of thin films of these materials. Critical to the utility of this technique is an understanding of the laser-material interaction, plume formation and dynamics, material transport and how variations in the vaporization conditions affect the deposited film. Lead zirconate titanate (PZT, Zr/Ti-47/53) targets were irradiated using a q-switched Nd:YAG laser (15 ns, 100 mJ at 1.064 /μm) . The deposition chamber was maintained at a pressure of 100 mTorr oxygen. Material from the plume was collected on silicon wafer substrates, suspended 1.0 - 3.0 cm above the target. The films were characterized by SEM/EDX, TEM, x-ray diffraction and electrical measurements before and after annealing. Very thin films were deposited on carbon coated metal grids for observation in the TEM using a hot stage to study crystallization. Temporally and spatially resolved spectra of the light emitted by the laser-generated plume were obtained with an optical multichannel analyzer (0MA) to yield information on the plume generation and chemistry of the deposition process. These spectra indicate that under these conditions a plasma is created above the target surface which persists for -100 ns after the laser pulse.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 157: Symposium A – Beam-Solid Interactions: Physical Phenomena , 1989 , 587
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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