Abstract
The chemical aspects of nitridated surface of sapphire(0001) have been studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Nitridated layer was formed by remote plasma enhanced-ultrahigh vacuum deposition at a low temperature range. It was confirmed that this nitridated surface was mainly consists of AIN layer. The relative amounts of nitrogen reacted with AL on the sapphire surface and their surface morphology were investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) as a function of radio-frequency power, reaction temperature, and reaction time. The amounts of atomic nitrogen activated by plasma which was subsequently incorporated into sapphire were increased with RF power. But the amounts of nitrogen reacted with AI in sapphire was initially increased and then remained constant. However, the relative amounts of AIN were nearly constant with irrespective of nitridation temperature and time. Furthermore, a depth porfile of nitridated layer with XPS showed that the nitridated surface consisted of three layers with different stoichiometry.
원격 플라즈마 화학기상증착법(Remote Plasma Enhanced-Ultrahigh Vacuum Chemical Vapor Deposition)에 의해 활성화된 질소 원자를 사용하여 사파이어 기판의 표면 을 저온에서 질화처리한 후 표면의 화학적 조성을 조사하였다. 질화처리에 의해 주로 표면 에 형성된 물질은 AIN임을 X-선 광전자 분광방법(X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy:XPS) 을 사용하여 확인하였다. 또한 플라즈마의 RF 출력, 반응 온도 및 시간에 따라서 기판의 Al 과 반응한 질소의 상대적인 양과, 표면 형태를 XPS와 AFM(atomic force microscopy)을 사 용하여 조사하였다. 플라즈마에 의해서 질소는 RF출력에 따라 증가한 후 일정하게 됨을 관 찰하였다. 그러나 질화 처리 온도와 시간의 증가에 따른 AIN의 상대적인 양은 비교적 무관 함을 관찰하였다. 또한 Ar스퍼터링을 통한 XPS의 depth profile을 관찰한 결과 질화층은 깊 이에 따라 3개의 다른 층으로 이루어져 있음을 확인하였다.
