TY - JOUR T1 - Tailoring structural and optical properties of Si-doped HfO 2 thin films via target composition and plasma environment AU - D.V. Khomenkov AU - S.S. Ponomaryov AU - X. Portier AU - L.Yu. Melnichuk AU - L.Yu. Khomenkova AU - F. Gourbilleau AU - O.V. Melnichuk JO - Semiconductor Physics, Quantum Electronics & Optoelectronics VL - 28 IS - 4 SP - 441 EP - 448 PY - 2025 DO - 10.15407/spqeo28.04.441 UR - https://doi.org/10.15407/spqeo28.04.441 AB - Optical and structural properties of as-deposited Si-doped HfO 2 thin films were investigated as a function of target composition, substrate temperature (100…500 °C), and plasma environment. The films were deposited on Si (100) substrates by RF magnetron sputtering from composite Si:HfO 2 targets in either pure argon or argon–hydrogen plasma. The Si content in the films was varied by adjusting the target composition, the hydrogen fraction in the plasma, and the total pressure. TEM, FT... KW - HfO 2 KW - Si-doped HfO 2 KW - magnetron sputtering KW - thin films KW - ellipsometry KW - FTIR KW - TEM KW - Auger spectroscopy ER -