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High quality AlN films have been obtained on SiO2/Si and GaN/Sapphire using the helicon sputtering method. Fabrication of the thin film layered structure surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices has been demonstrated and the promising characteristics are presented.
Inspec keywords: X-ray diffraction; III-V semiconductors; piezoelectric thin films; surface structure; atomic force microscopy; sputter deposition; sputtered coatings; wide band gap semiconductors; aluminium compounds; surface acoustic waves; frequency response; surface acoustic wave filters
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Subjects: Sputter deposition; Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials; Deposition by sputtering; Piezoelectricity and electrostriction; Dielectric thin films; Acoustic wave devices; Transduction; devices for the generation and reproduction of sound; Thin film growth, structure, and epitaxy