Substrate Temperature Dependence for Cd 1−x Mn x Te Thin Films Grown by Using Magnetron Co-sputtering
Heejin Ahn · Youngho Um ∗
Department of Physics, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Korea (Received 20 May 2013 : revised 10 June 2013 : accepted 9 August 2013)
Cd
1−xMn
xTe thin films were prepared by co-sputtering of CdTe and Mn targets on soda-lime glass substrates at various substrate temperatures. The sputtering powers of the CdTe and the Mn targets were fixed at 75 W and 65 W, respectively, and the influences of the substrate temperature on the structural properties of the deposited thin films were investigated. The structural parame- ters, such as the lattice constant, crystallite size, and strain, were calculated for various substrate temperatures. All the films showed a polycrystalline nature, and X-ray diffraction showed that the lattice constant decreased from 6.517 ˚ A to 6.346 ˚ A with increasing substrate temperature. Also, the strain decreased from 12.955 × 10
−3line
2m
−4to 2.113 × 10
−3line
2m
−4with increasing sub- strate temperature. From the absorption measurements, the bandgap energy increased from 1.847 eV to 1.876 eV with increasing substrate temperature which may be attributed to the increase in the Mn mole fraction.
PACS numbers: 70.80.Ey, 81.15.Cd Keywords: Cd
1−xMn
xTe, Co-sputtering
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−4Ü ¼ Ð y è % i .
PACS numbers: 70.80.Ey, 81.15.Cd Keywords: Cd
1−xMn
xTe, Co-sputtering
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