Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
UV spectroscopy has been used as an in situ diagnostic to measure the gas phase concentration of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionate (thd) complexes of Ba, Cu and Y in metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) bubbler effluent. These precursors for MOCVD synthesis of YBa2Cu37−δ (YBCO) show marked instability in gas phase concentration as a function of time during bubbler purge. The UV diagnostic technique has been applied to both a small scale test system and a commercial scale MOCVD reactor.