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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2011
Emission spectra resulting from ion beam sputtering an Y-Ba-Cu-O target were observed as a function of beam voltage and time using an optical multichannel analyser. The observed spectra were clean with several peaks attributed to each of Y, Ba, and Ar. A well defined O peak and a weak CuO peak were available for comparison. The intensities of the cation peaks were linear with respect to beam voltage above 450 V. Presputtering of a previously stored target was characterized by the diminishment of an initially large H peak as the cation peaks emerged.