Bombardment with energetic hydrogen atoms during the sputter deposition of amorphous hydrogenated silicon
Bombardment with energetic hydrogen atoms during the sputter deposition of amorphous hydrogenated silicon
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非晶氢化硅溅射沉积过程中用高能氢原子轰击
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1984
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通讯作者:
R. Meaudre
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J. Tardy;R. Meaudre
Abstract The bombardment by energetic neutral species during the growth of a-Si: H films by d.c. cathodic sputtering has been investigated. The different origins of energetic particles—sputtered or back-scattered at the target surface—are considered. An evaluation of the flux and of the energy of each species is given. A calculation which makes use of the arguments first proposed by Westwood (1978) has been carried out which allows one to determine the thermalization lengths of energetic atoms and the energy of neutrals as they impinge on the growing film. It has been shown that argon and silicon are always thermalized for the deposition conditions used (total pressure 20mTorr, anode-to-cathode distance 5cm). In contrast, hydrogen atoms impinge on the growing film with non-thermal energy whatever the conditions. Hydrogen atoms with energies up to 1·6 keV can be observed. A model is proposed in which this bombardment, associated with surface back-sputtering induced by Ar+ ions accelerated by a negative sub...