Stoichiometry control of magnetron sputtered Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_{1-x}$Y$_x$Cu$_2$O$_y$ (0$\le$x$\le$0.5) thin film, composition spread libraries: Substrate bias and gas density factors

Details Stoichiometry control of magnetron sputtered Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_{1-x}$Y$_x$Cu$_2$O$_y$ (0$\le$x$\le$0.5) thin film, composition spread libraries: Substrate bias and gas density factors Stoichiometry control of magnetron sputtered Bi$_2$Sr$_2$Ca$_{1-x}$Y$_x$Cu$_2$O$_y$ (0$\le$x$\le$0.5) thin film, composition spread libraries: Substrate bias and gas density factors

2005-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504442v1

Physica C 425, 52-61 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

16 pages, 12 figures, 4 tables, submitted to Physica C - Superconductivity (April 15, 2005), elsart.sty

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physc.2005.06.002

A magnetron sputtering method for the production of thin-film libraries with a spatially varying composition, x, in Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2Oy (0<=x<=0.5) has been developed. Two targets with a composition of Bi2Sr2YCu2O_{8.5 + \delta} and Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8 + \delta} are co-sputtered with appropriate masks. The target masks produce a linear variation in opposite, but co-linear radial direction, and the rotation speed of the substrate table is sufficient to intimately mix the atoms. EDS/WDS composition studies of the films show a depletion of Sr and Bi that is due to oxygen anion resputtering. The depletion is most pronounced at the centre of the film (i.e. on-axis with the target) and falls off symmetrically to either side of the 75 mm substrate. At either edge of the film the stoichiometry matches the desired ratios. Using a 12 mTorr process gas of argon and oxygen in a 2:1 ratio, the strontium depletion is corrected. The bismuth depletion is eliminated by employing a rotating carbon brush apparatus which supplies a -20 V DC bias to the sample substrate. The negative substrate bias has been used successfully with an increased chamber pressure to eliminate the resputtering effect across the film. The result is a thin film composition spread library with the desired stoichiometry.

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