International Journal of New Horizons in Physics
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Journal

International Journal of New Horizons in Physics


Volume
& Issue

Volume 2, Issue 1


Published
on

January 1, 2015


Pages

11-20


DOI

Article

Structural and optical properties of ZnTe thin films induced by plasma immersion O− ion implantation

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Authors

A. M. Aboraia Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azahar University, 71542 Assiut, Egypt
, M. Ahmad Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azahar University, 71542 Assiut, Egypt
, E. A. Abdel Wahab Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azahar University, 71542 Assiut, Egypt
, H. Shokry Hassan Affiliation:
Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications, New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
and E. R. Shaaban* Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assuit, Egypt


Abstract

Various thickness of Zinc telluride (ZnTe) thin films were deposited onto glass substrates in terms of the thermal evaporation technique. The experiments XRD of both powder and thin films of ZnTe showed that the films are polycrystalline and have a zinc blende (cubic) structure. The effect of exposure to the oxygen plasma-immersion-ion-implantation (O− PIII) on the structural and optical constants of the same samples of different thicknesses were also investigated. It is observed that the oxygen PIII treatment can reduce both crystallite size and microstrain of ZnTe thin films. It is also observed that the oxygen PIII treatment can effectively improve the transmission spectra of the samples particularly in medium and transparent regions, therefore the refractive index decrease. The optical constants and energy gap of different thickness of ZnTe have been determined before and after oxygen plasma-immersion-ion-implantation (O− PIII). It is observed that the oxygen PIII treatment can effectively improve the transmission spectra of the samples particularly in medium and transparent regions, therefore the refractive index decrease. In addition, the optical band gap has been determined before and after O− PIII. The O− PIII causes an increase in the energy gap of different thickness of ZnTe thin films.


Keywords

Zinc telluride, Thin film, O− PIII, Optical constants, Optical band gap, Plasma application


Citation

Aboraia, A. M., Ahmad, M., Abdel Wahab, E. A., Hassan, H. S., & Shaaban, E. R. (2015). Structural and optical properties of znte thin films induced by plasma immersion o− ion implantation. International Journal of New Horizons in Physics, 2(1), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.12785/ijnhp/020103

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