Growth-Temperature-Controlled Optical Properties of Textured MgxZn1?xO Thin Films |
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Authors: | W Wei C Jin and RJ Narayan |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7907, USA;(2) Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC 27695-7115, USA |
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Abstract: | Pulsed laser deposition was used to grow magnesium zinc oxide thin films on amorphous fused silica substrates at several temperatures
between room temperature and 750°C. In this study, the effect of growth temperature on the optical properties of textured
Mg
x
Zn1−x
O thin films was examined. The optical properties of the films were measured using absorption and photoluminescence spectrometry.
Absorption spectra revealed that the bandgap values of textured Mg
x
Zn1−x
O thin films were enhanced in films grown at higher temperatures. The absorption spectra near the absorption edge were fitted
using the Urbach equation in order to investigate the effects of growth temperature on exponential band tail and bandgap.
The photoluminescence spectra were measured for magnesium zinc oxide thin films deposited at 250°C, 350°C, 450°C, 550°C, and
650°C. The film grown at 350°C provided the highest excitonic peak intensity. On the other hand, the film grown at 250°C exhibited
the lowest excitonic peak intensity. The excitonic peak intensity was considerably reduced in magnesium zinc oxide thin films
grown at temperatures greater than 350°C. The ability to perform substrate-temperature-dependent bandgap engineering of Mg
x
Zn1−x
O will enable use of this material in next-generation optical and optoelectronic devices. |
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Keywords: | Magnesium zinc oxide pulsed laser deposition thin films optical properties |
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