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An X-ray diffraction study of Tm-doped BaYYbF8 thin films
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2013
Abstract
Thulium (Tm) doped barium yttrium ytterbium fluoride (BaYYbF8:Tm) thin films have been deposited on (100) silicon (Si) or (100) and (111) gallium arsenide (GaAs) substrates. When deposited on (100) Si, with an intermediate amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer, the BaYYbF8:Tm film was found to be polycrystalline, crystallizing in a previously unobserved cubic phase with a lattice constant a = 11.4208 (9) Å . Films deposited on GaAs, with an intermediate calcium fluoride (CaF2) layer, showed a high degree of planar orientation. Pole figure analysis revealed that the BaYYbF8:Tm films deposited on CaF2/GaAs are in-plane aligned dependent upon the substrate orientation.
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