Improvement mechanism of sputtered AlN films by high-temperature annealing

S Xiao, R Suzuki, H Miyake, S Harada… - Journal of Crystal Growth, 2018 - Elsevier
The improvement mechanism of sputtered AlN films by high temperature annealing in
nitrogen ambient has been investigated. Sputtered AlN films were annealed at 1100–1700° …

AlN films deposited under various nitrogen concentrations by RF reactive sputtering

H Cheng, Y Sun, JX Zhang, YB Zhang, S Yuan… - Journal of crystal …, 2003 - Elsevier
Wurtzite AlN films were deposited by an RF reactive sputtering technique under various
nitrogen concentrations at low temperature (350° C). The evolution of preferred orientation …

The influence of deposition conditions on structure and morphology of aluminum nitride films deposited by radio frequency reactive sputtering

H Cheng, Y Sun, P Hing - Thin solid films, 2003 - Elsevier
Wurtzite aluminum nitride (2H–AlN) films were deposited on (100) silicon wafers by radio
frequency (RF) magnetron reactive sputtering under various deposition conditions. The …

Distinctions of the growth and structural-spectroscopic investigations of thin AlN films grown on the GaAs substrates

PV Seredin, VM Kashkarov, IN Arsentyev… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2016 - Elsevier
Using X-ray diffraction analysis, atomic force microscopy, IR and UV spectroscopy, the
properties of thin aluminium nitride films (< 200 nm) that were obtained by ion-plasma …

Microstructure evolution of AlN films deposited under various pressures by RF reactive sputtering

H Cheng, Y Sun, P Hing - Surface and coatings technology, 2003 - Elsevier
Wurtzite AlN (2H-AlN) films were deposited on p-type Si (100) by RF planar magnetron
reactive sputtering under various pressures at a relatively low temperature (350° C). X-Ray …

Optimized tilted c-axis AlN films for improved operation of shear mode resonators

M DeMiguel-Ramos, T Mirea, M Clement, J Olivares… - Thin Solid Films, 2015 - Elsevier
Biosensors based on AlN bulk acoustic wave resonators require shear mode operation to
avoid acoustic losses upon analysing liquid samples. To generate shear modes, the …

Structural analysis of polarity inversion boundary in sputtered AlN films annealed under high temperatures

T Akiyma, M Uchino, K Nakamura, T Ito… - Japanese Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The structure and stability of a polarity inversion boundary in sputtered AlN films with face-to-
face annealing are investigated on the basis of scanning transmission electron microscop …

The evolution of preferred orientation and morphology of AlN films under various RF sputtering powers

H Cheng, P Hing - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2003 - Elsevier
Wurtzite AlN films were deposited by RF reactive sputtering technique in argon and nitrogen
gas mixtures. The evolution of preferred orientation and morphology of AlN films with the …

Correlations between optical properties, microstructure, and processing conditions of Aluminum nitride thin films fabricated by pulsed laser deposition

J Baek, J Ma, MF Becker, JW Keto, D Kovar - Thin Solid Films, 2007 - Elsevier
Aluminum nitride (AlN) films were deposited using pulsed laser deposition (PLD) onto
sapphire (0001) substrates with varying processing conditions (temperature, pressure, and …

Deposition pressure effect on chemical, morphological and optical properties of binary Al-nitrides

JAP Taborda, JC Caicedo, M Grisales… - Optics & Laser …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aluminum nitride films (AlN) were produced by Nd: YAG pulsed laser (PLD), with repetition
rate of 10 Hz. The laser interaction on Al target under nitrogen gas atmosphere generates …