Sing, MP and Raghavan, G and Tyagi, AK and Shivashankar, SA (2000) Ellipsometry as a Sensitive Technique to Probe film -Substrate Interfaces: Al2O3 on Si(100). In: MRS Proceedings, 654 .
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An attempt has been made to study the film-substrate interface by using a sensitive, non- conventional tool. Because of the prospective use of gate oxide in MOSFET devices, we have chosen to study alumina films grown on silicon. Film-substrate interface of alumina grown by MOCVD on Si(100) was studied systematically using spectroscopic ellipsometry in the range 1.5-5.0 eV, supported by cross-sectional SEM, and SIMS. The (ε1,ε2) versus energy data obtained for films grown at 600°C, 700°C, and 750°C were modeled to fit a substrate/interface/film “sandwich”. The experimental results reveal (as may be expected) that the nature of the substrate -film interface depends strongly on the growth temperature. The simulated (ε1,ε2) patterns are in excellent agreement with observed ellipsometric data. The MOCVD precursors results the presence of carbon in the films. Theoretical simulation was able to account for the ellipsometry data by invoking the presence of “free” carbon in the alumina films.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | MRS Proceedings |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Cambridge University Press. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2011 07:14 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2011 07:14 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39903 |
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