Publication detail

A Study of Thin Oxide Films by Ellipsometry and AR XPS

TICHOPÁDEK, P. ŠIKOLA, T. NEBOJSA, A. NAVRÁTIL, K. JURKOVIČ, P. ČECHAL, J.

English title

A Study of Thin Oxide Films by Ellipsometry and AR XPS

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

In the paper the application of a simple spectroscopic ellipsometer for ex situ and in situ studies on SiO2 films (incl. native oxides on Si) is reported. It is shown that the ellipsometer is a reliable tool for the monitoring of chemical etching of SiO2 films with thicknesses above 10 nm. When the films become thinner, the results obtained under atmospheric conditions are strongly influenced by the contamination and roughness of their surface layers. The concentration profiles of these ultrathin films (< 10 nm) were analysed by AR XPS. Further, the ability of the ellipsometer to monitor the removal of native oxides on an Si (111) surface by thermal flashing under UHV conditions is demonstrated as well.

English abstract

In the paper the application of a simple spectroscopic ellipsometer for ex situ and in situ studies on SiO2 films (incl. native oxides on Si) is reported. It is shown that the ellipsometer is a reliable tool for the monitoring of chemical etching of SiO2 films with thicknesses above 10 nm. When the films become thinner, the results obtained under atmospheric conditions are strongly influenced by the contamination and roughness of their surface layers. The concentration profiles of these ultrathin films (< 10 nm) were analysed by AR XPS. Further, the ability of the ellipsometer to monitor the removal of native oxides on an Si (111) surface by thermal flashing under UHV conditions is demonstrated as well.

Keywords in English

spectroscopic ellipsometry, AR XPS, ultrathin films

RIV year

2001

Released

30.09.2001

Publisher

P. Marcus, A. Galtayries, N. Frémy

Location

Avignon, France

Book

9th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA'01) Book of Abstracts

Pages count

1

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT3314,
  author="Petr {Tichopádek} and Tomáš {Šikola} and Alois {Nebojsa} and Karel {Navrátil} and Patrik {Jurkovič} and Jan {Čechal},
  title="A Study of Thin Oxide Films by Ellipsometry and AR XPS",
  booktitle="9th European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis (ECASIA'01) Book of Abstracts",
  year="2001",
  month="September",
  publisher="P. Marcus, A. Galtayries, N. Frémy",
  address="Avignon, France"
}