Dry etching to form submicron features in CMR oxides: (Pr,Ba,Ca)MnO3 and (La,Sr)MnO3

K. P. Lee, K. B. Jung, H. Cho, D. Kumar, S. V. Pietambaram, R. K. Singh, P. H. Hogan, K. H. Dahmen, Y. B. Hahn, S. J. Pearton

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Abstract

Effective pattern transfer into (Pr,Ba,Ca)MnO3 and (La,Sr)MnO3 has been achieved using Cl2/Ar discharges operated under Inductively Coupled Plasma conditions. Etch rates up to 900 A-min"1 for (La,Sr)MnO3 and 300 A-min'1 for (Pr,Ba,Ca)MnOj were obtained, with these rates being a strong function of ion flux, ion energy and ion-to-neutral ratio. The etching is still physically-dominated under all conditions, leading to significant surface smoothing on initially rough samples. Sub-micron (0.35 Um) features have been produced in both materials using SiN, as the mask.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)341-346
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume574
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1999 MRS Spring Meeting - Symposium BB: 'Multicomponent Oxide Films for Electronics' - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 6 Apr 19998 Apr 1999

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