ABSTRACT

Young Rae Jang1, Keon-Ho Yoo1 and Seung Min Park2 'Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 130-701, Korea departm ent of Chemistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 130-701, Korea

Abstract. Zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) technique on Si (001) substrates. Two types of targets, ZnO target and Zn target, were used and the results are compared. The ambient gas was oxygen, and the gas pressure was varied from 1 mTorr to 10 Torr. The substrate temperature was controlled in the range of RT-800 °C. Optimum oxygen pressure was found to be about 1 Torr and substrate temperature to be about 600 °C for both ZnO and Zn targets, and at these conditions a strong ultraviolet photoluminescence (UV PL, X ~ 380 nm) appeared with little visible PL. The UV PL was stronger for ZnO target at optimum substrate temperature, but it was stronger for Zn target at lower temperatures. The films grown at RT were post-annealed at 600 °C. Post­ annealing had little effect on UV luminescence and the structure of ZnO film for both types of targets.