This article describes the design, development, and performance testing of a versatile ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) electron-beam deposition system for synthesis of thin films and multilayer structures. Initially, basic design norms required to achieve set objectives are discussed and then a brief description of the system is presented. The fabricated UHV chamber has a number of vacuum ports to accommodate various features and accessories needed to deposit and characterize good quality thin films and multilayer structures of different metals. To demonstrate the capabilities of the system, depositions of thin films and multilayer structures of different materials were carried out. Representative results of hard x-ray reflectivity measurements corresponding to Ni, Au, and Ag thin films and Nb/Si and Fe/Ni multilayer structures are given and discussed. Furthermore, the easy adaptability of the system in order to carry out other investigations related to thin films is also demonstrated by presenting our recent in situ experiments conducted on aging studies of discontinuous silver films deposited on glass substrates under UHV conditions.
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January 1999
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January 01 1999
Design and performance of an ultrahigh vacuum system for metallic multilayers
S. M. Chaudhari;
S. M. Chaudhari
Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, University Campus, Indore-452 001, India
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N. Suresh;
N. Suresh
Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, University Campus, Indore-452 001, India
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D. M. Phase;
D. M. Phase
Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, University Campus, Indore-452 001, India
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A. Gupta;
A. Gupta
Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, University Campus, Indore-452 001, India
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B. A. Dasannacharya
B. A. Dasannacharya
Inter University Consortium for DAE Facilities, University Campus, Indore-452 001, India
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J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 17, 242–248 (1999)
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Received:
February 11 1998
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September 04 1998
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S. M. Chaudhari, N. Suresh, D. M. Phase, A. Gupta, B. A. Dasannacharya; Design and performance of an ultrahigh vacuum system for metallic multilayers. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 January 1999; 17 (1): 242–248. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.581578
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