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High Aspect Ratio Microstructures in LiNbO3 Produced by Ion Beam Enhanced Etching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Frank Schrempel ,
Thomas Gischkat ,
Holger Hartung ,
Ernst Bernhard Kley ,
Werner Wesch  and
Andreas Tünnermann
Frank Schrempel
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Max-Wien-Platz 1, Jena, N/A, N/A, Germany
Thomas Gischkat
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Germany
Holger Hartung
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Angewande Physik, Germany
Ernst Bernhard Kley
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Angewande Physik, Germany
Werner Wesch
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Germany
Andreas Tünnermann
Affiliation:
[email protected], Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut für Angewande Physik, Germany
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Abstract

This work presents data on damage evolution, volume expansion and etching behavior of LiNbO3 irradiated with Ar+-ions as a function of irradiation and etching conditions. Single crystals of x- and z-cut LiNbO3 were irradiated at room temperature and 15 K using Ar-ions with energies between 60 and 600 keV and ion fluences between 5 × 1012 and 1 × 1015 cm-2. The damage formation investigated with RBS channeling analysis depends on the crystal cut as well as on the irradiation temperature. Irradiation of z-cut material at 300 K causes complete amorphization at 0.4 dpa (displacements per target atom). In contrast 0.27 dpa are sufficient to amorphize the x-cut LiNbO3. Irradiation at 15 K reduces the number of displacements per atom necessary for amorphization to 0.18 dpa. To study the etching behavior ∼500 nm thick amorphous layers were generated via multiple irradiations with Ar+-ions. Etching was performed in HF-solution of different concentration and at different temperatures. The influence of the irradiation and etching conditions on damage formation and etching of LiNbO3 is discussed. In conclusion, negligible etching of the perfect crystal, high etching rates and high contrast of Ion Beam Enhanced Etching (IBEE) allow the realization of high aspect ratio microstructures in LiNbO3.

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ion-implantationdefectsnanostructure
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 908: Symposium OO – Growth, Modification, and Analysis by Ion Beams at the Nanoscale , 2005 , 0908-OO16-01
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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