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=Fabrication of Hyperbolic Metamaterials by ALD: Aluminum Oxide/Titanium Oxide Multilayers for EMT Application= | |||
The fabrication and characterization described below were conducted in <b>2013-2016 by Evgeniy Shkondin, DTU Nanolab</b>.<br> | |||
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== Process flow == | == Process flow == | ||
Description of process flow. | |||
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|Plasma surface treatment | |Plasma surface treatment | ||
|To ensure clean surface, the 100 mm Si wafer is treated by O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> plasma. | |To ensure clean surface, the 100 mm Si wafer is treated by O<sub>2</sub>/N<sub>2</sub> plasma. | ||
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|Deposition of 1 µm Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> layer | |Deposition of 1 µm Si<sub>3</sub>N<sub>4</sub> layer | ||
|Deposition carries 7 times in order to get 1 µm thick film | |Deposition carries 7 times in order to get 1 µm thick film | ||
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|Surface investigation using optical microscopy in dark field mode | |Surface investigation using optical microscopy in dark field mode | ||
|The best quility wafer selects and cleaves in four pieces. | |The best quility wafer selects and cleaves in four pieces. | ||
| [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/Optical_microscope|Optical Microscopy]]. | | [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/Optical_microscope|Optical Microscopy]]. | ||
|[[image: | |[[image:Captured_10x19_defects_in_SiN.jpg|250x350px|center|]] | ||
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|TiO<sub>2</sub>/Al<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub> multilayers deposition using Atomic Layer Deposition | |TiO<sub>2</sub>/Al<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub> multilayers deposition using Atomic Layer Deposition | ||
|Deposition using recipies <b>EMA01</b>, <b>EMA02</b>, <b>EMA03</b> and <b>EMA04</b>. | |Deposition using recipies <b>EMA01</b>, <b>EMA02</b>, <b>EMA03</b> and <b>EMA04</b>. | ||
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|Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | |Scanning Electron Microscopy inspection | ||
|By cleaving the sample it is possible to inspect depositet ALD layers uniformity in cross-sectional mode | |By cleaving the sample it is possible to inspect depositet ALD layers uniformity in cross-sectional mode | ||
|[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_2|SEM Supra 2]] | | | ||
[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_1|SEM Supra 1]] | |||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_2|SEM Supra 2]] | |||
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[[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/SEM_Supra_3|SEM Supra 3]] | |||
|[[image:multilayers222.jpg|250x350px|center]] | |[[image:multilayers222.jpg|250x350px|center]] | ||
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|XPS inspection for elemental trace analysis | |XPS inspection for elemental trace analysis | ||
|XPS can be used in depth profile mode. Ar<sup>+</sup> ions erodes the surface of multilayers, allowing the inspection of each layer. | |XPS can be used in depth profile mode. Ar<sup>+</sup> ions erodes the surface of multilayers, allowing the inspection of each layer. | ||
||Equipment used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/XPS | ||Equipment used: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Characterization/XPS/K-Alpha|XPS K-Alpha]]. Results of depth profiling presented: [[Specific_Process_Knowledge/Thin_film_deposition/ALD_Picosun_R200/ALD_multilayers#Investigation_of_chemical_composition_in_multilayers_system| XPS results]] . | ||
|[[image:XPS_depth_Al_10_AL.jpg|250x350px|center]] | |[[image:XPS_depth_Al_10_AL.jpg|250x350px|center]] | ||
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