Perovskite-type N-substituted SrTiO3 thin films with a preferential (001) orientation were grown by pulsed laser deposition on (001)-oriented MgO and LaAlO3 substrates. Application of N2 or ammonia using a synchronized reactive gas pulse produces SrTiO3-x:Nx films with a nitrogen content of up to 4.1 at.% if prepared with the NH3 gas pulse at a substrate temperature of 720 °C. Incorporating nit...

B and N K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements have been performed on three BN thin films grown on Si substrates using ion-assisted pulsed laser deposition. Comparison of the films’ spectra to those of several single-phase BN powder standards shows that the films consist primarily of sp bonds. Other features in the films’ spectra suggest the presence of secondary phases, possibly cub...

Thin films of perovskite manganite La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 were grown epitaxially on various substrates by either the pulsed laser deposition method or laser molecular beam epitaxy. The substrates change both the volume and symmetry of the unit cell of the films. It is revealed that the symmetry as well as the volume of the unit cell have strong influence on the metal-insulator transition temperature an...

Thin films of the perovskite barium tin oxide (BaSnO3) were prepared and characterized by their structural optical, electrical, and photoluminescent characteristics. Film deposition methods included both RF sputtering and pulsed laser deposition techniques. High quality, oriented films having optical bandgaps ranging between 3.7 eV & 4.4 eV were produced on various substrates. The undoped films...

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Er–Tm codoped a-Al2O3 thin films prepared by alternate pulsed laser deposition show a broad photoluminescence band with two characteristic peaks at 1540 and at 1640 nm, respectively, related to Er3+ and Tm3+ emissions. Two series of films have been prepared. For the first series, the Tm concentration Tm has been increased while keeping constant the Er concentration Er . The results show that th...

A novel low-temperature method based on a combination of pulsed laser deposition and metalorganic chemical vapour deposition was used to fabricate GaN thin films doped with rare-earth (RE) ions. The films were deposited on GaN/Al2O3 substrates. The x-ray diffraction analysis of these GaN : RE (RE = Eu, Tb) samples showed that the films have the hexagonal phase of GaN and are polycrystalline wit...

Thin films of diamond-like carbon have been grown by pulsed laser deposition using a Nd:YAG laser at 532 nm. Time-of-flight mass spectroscopy was used to investigate the effects of laser power density and background gas pressure on the plume characteristics including the species in the plume and the kinetic energy distribution of each species. We found that with increasing laser power density (...

Calcium phosphate coatings, obtained at different deposition rates by pulsed laser deposition with a Nd:YAG laser beam of 355 nm wavelength, were studied. The deposition rate was changed from 0.043 to 1.16 Å/shot by modification of only the ablated area, maintaining the local fluence constant to perform the ablation process in similar local conditions. Characterization of the coatings was perfo...

The most known methods of pulsed thin film deposition such as magnetron sputtering HIPIMS, laser PLD, vacuum arc deposition, high-intensity ion beams HIPIB, well, were described and analysed. It was shown that the stream material, generated by means a action, impacts to substrate creates preconditions for nanocrystalline amorphous coating manufacture with superhigh hardness.