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The interface structure of Mo/Si-multilayers prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) on Si substrates at room temperature has been investigated. Already the in-situ ellipsometer data acquired during film growth indicate a particular behaviour of this material system that is caused by reaction/diffusion processes of the condensing atoms. MoSix interlayers are formed both at the Mo on Si- and at the Si on Mo-interfaces. The results of multilayer characterization carried out by SNMS and RBS show similar concentration profiles for both types of the interlayers. More detailed information about interface structure and morphology can be provided by HREM investigations. In the TEM micrographs of various multilayers prepared for different laser light wavelengths an improvement of layer stack quality, i.e. formation of abrupt interfaces, with increasing photon energy is observed. Layer stacks having almost ideally smooth interfaces were synthesized by UV-photon ablation. HREM micrographs of these multilayers show a pronounced separation of spacer and absorber layers. The roughness σR of the interfaces between the amorphous Si- and MoSix-layers was determined by image analysis. On the average a level σR ≈ 0.1 nm is found. There is no indication for roughness replication or amplification from interface to interface as it is known from the appropriate products of conventional thin film technologies.
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Dietsch, R., Holz, T., Hopfe, S. et al. Characterization of ultra smooth interfaces in Mo/Si-multilayers. Fresenius J Anal Chem 353, 383–388 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00322074
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