Effects of oxygen pressure on optical and crystal properties of ZnO thin films prepared by laser molecular beam epitaxy

Qing'an Xu; Jingwen Zhang; Xiaodong Yang; Yongning He; Weifeng Zhang; Xun Hou

doi:10.1117/12.608176

8 December 2004 Effects of oxygen pressure on optical and crystal properties of ZnO thin films prepared by laser molecular beam epitaxy

Qing'an Xu, Jingwen Zhang, Xiaodong Yang, Yongning He, Weifeng Zhang, Xun Hou

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Proceedings Volume 5774, Fifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608176
Event: Fifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, 2004, Shanghai, China

Abstract

C-axis oriented ZnO thin films were epitaxially grown at 350°C on sapphire (0001) substrates by laser molecular beam epitaxy(L-MBE) with oxygen pressures of 1.1E-4Pa,1.8E-4Pa, 2.3E-4Pa,and 2.1E-3Pa. As oxygen pressure increases, the full-width at half maximum(FWHM) of X-ray diffraction(XRD) becomes smaller and the diffraction peak intensity for (0002) planes becomes more intense as well as the symmetry of the peak shape becomes improved. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra of all samples show two emissions of a strong UV near-bandedge(NBE) emission peak at approximately 377 nm and a weak green-yellow deep level emission around 520nm. The samples grown with higher oxygen pressure have higher intensities of luminescence at 377 nm and the ratio of UV emission to deep level emission intensities increases. Reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) pattern of ZnO films changes from spotty pattern to streaky one step by step with higher oxygen pressure.

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Qing'an Xu, Jingwen Zhang, Xiaodong Yang, Yongning He, Weifeng Zhang, and Xun Hou "Effects of oxygen pressure on optical and crystal properties of ZnO thin films prepared by laser molecular beam epitaxy", Proc. SPIE 5774, Fifth International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, (8 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.608176

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