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Effects of Post-annealing Treatment on the Structural and Optical Properties of Cubic MgxZn1-xO Thin Films Grown on Sapphire

CHEN Nai-Bo1, WU Hui-Zhen2,3, XU Tian-Ning2, YU Ping2   

  1. 1. Department of Science, Zhijiang College of Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310024, China;
    2. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute
    of Microsystem and Information Technology, CAS, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Received:2005-08-09 Revised:2005-10-17 Published:2006-07-20 Online:2006-07-20

Abstract: Single cubic-phase MgxZn1-xO(x>0.5) alloy films were synthesized on c-plane
sapphire substrates by low temperature physical deposition. The effects of the post-annealing treatment on the structural properties of the films were investigated by the measurements of XRD and transmission spectra. Hexagonal-phase (wurtzite) MgZnO was observed segregating from the cubic-phase Mg0.53Zn0.47O film after annealing at 900℃, while no secondary phase was seen in the samples with Mg fraction exceeding 0.55. Electrical measurement indicates that cubic-phase Mg0.55Zn0.45O films can be used in metal-insulator-silicon (MIS) structures as insulators with low leakage current densities. It could be concluded that the cubic-phase MgxZn1-xO films with x exceeding 0.55 are stable enough to be applied in fabricating high quality optoelectronic devices.

Key words: cubic MgxZn1-xO films, anneal, crystal structure, optical property, electrical property

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