Photonic Sensors, Volume. 7, Issue 2, 163(2017)

Effect of Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Power on Structural and Optical Properties of Ti6Al4V Thin Films

Mohammed K. KHALAF1、*, H. F. Al-TAAY2, and Dawood S. ALI3
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  • 1Ministry of Science and Technology, Center of Applied Physics, Baghdad, Iraq
  • 2Department of Physics, College of Science for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
  • 3Department of Physics, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
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    In this research, the effects of target sputtering power on the structure and optical properties of radio frequency (RF) sputtered Ti6Al4V films were investigated. Different sputtering RF powers were used to produce different thicknesses of Ti6Al4V thin films. From the X-ray diffraction, it was found that the Ti6A14V films had polycrystalline cubic and hexagonal structures and increased films crystallinity and crystalline size with increasing the sputtering power. Atomic forces microscopy (AFM) gave us a nanometric film character, films homogeneity, and surfaces roughness. A higher degree of roughness and average grain size with increasing RF power was exhibited. Band gap and refractive index of Ti6Al4V thin films varied with sputtering RF powers.

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    Mohammed K. KHALAF, H. F. Al-TAAY, Dawood S. ALI. Effect of Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Power on Structural and Optical Properties of Ti6Al4V Thin Films[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2017, 7(2): 163

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    Paper Information

    Category: Regular

    Received: Nov. 2, 2016

    Accepted: Jan. 7, 2017

    Published Online: May. 9, 2017

    The Author Email: KHALAF Mohammed K. (mohammedkhkh@yahoo.com)

    DOI:10.1007/s13320-017-0390-8

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