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Chinese Physics, 2006, Vol. 15(10): 2374-2377    DOI: 10.1088/1009-1963/15/10/031
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Spatial distribution of SiCln (n=0--2) in SiCl4 plasma measured by mass spectroscopy

Wang Zhao-Kui(王照奎)a)†, Lin Kui-Xun(林揆训)b), Lou Yan-Hui(娄艳辉)a), Lin Xuan-Ying(林璇英)b), and Zhu Zu-Song(祝祖送)b)
a Department of Physics, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China; b Department of Physics, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
Abstract  For a better understanding of the deposition mechanism of thin films in SiCl4 source gas, we have measured the spatial distributions of SiCln (n=0--2) radicals in SiCl4 radio frequency glow discharge plasma utilizing a mass spectrometer equipped with a movable gas sampling apparatus. The experimental results demonstrate that the relative densities of SiCln (n=0--2) radicals have peak values at the position of 10mm above the powered electrode along the axial direction; the relative densities of the Si and SiCln (n=1, 2) radicals have peak values at the positions of 27mm and 7mm away from the axis along the radial direction, respectively. Generally speaking, in the whole SiCl4 plasma bulk region, the relative density of Si is one order of magnitude higher than that of SiCl, and the relative density of SiCl is several times higher than that of SiCl2/sub>. This reveals that Si and SiCl may be the primary growth precursors in forming thin films.
Keywords:  SiCln (n=0--2) neutral radicals      spatial distribution      mass spectrometric diagnosis  
Received:  12 December 2005      Revised:  03 April 2006      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  52.25.Os (Emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation ?)  
  52.25.Ya (Neutrals in plasmas)  
  52.70.-m (Plasma diagnostic techniques and instrumentation)  
  52.80.Hc (Glow; corona)  
Fund: Project supported by the State Key Development Program for Basic Research of China (Grant No G2000028208).

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Wang Zhao-Kui(王照奎), Lin Kui-Xun(林揆训), Lou Yan-Hui(娄艳辉), Lin Xuan-Ying(林璇英), and Zhu Zu-Song(祝祖送) Spatial distribution of SiCln (n=0--2) in SiCl4 plasma measured by mass spectroscopy 2006 Chinese Physics 15 2374

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