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A multichannel spectroscopic ellipsometer is developed for real-time studies of thin films in a vacuum in the UV range. This system is mounted on a vacuum chamber to study the crystallization process of zirconium-oxide (ZrO2) thin film. The optical spectra of ZrO2 thin film are collected during the elevation of temperature. From the trend in the spectrum, we find that a threshold temperature for crystallization exists. Moreover, the crystallization occurs gradually over a certain range of temperatures between the threshold temperature and a critical temperature for full crystallization. The evolution of the dielectric function shows the development of critical peaks around 6.2 eV and 7.3 eV along with a shift of the absorption edge. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first in-situ study performed by using real-time vacuum UV spectroscopic ellipsometry, and we describe the system in detail.
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Cheon, H., An, I. Real-time optical studies in the UV range of the annealing of zirconium-oxide thin films in vacuum. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 66, 128–132 (2015). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.66.128
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