Development and Application of an UHV Equipment for Deposition of Thin Films (Atomic and Ion Systems)

In the thesis the development of two equipment for preparation of ultrathin films under ultrahign vacuum conditions (UHV) is discussed. Here, additionally to a brief description of theoretical principles, more details on the design of these units are given. In the first part the design of a thermal source of oxygen or hydrogen atomic beams is discussed. Further, a design and construction of an ion–atomic beam source for ion-beam assisted deposition of thin films is detailed. The source combines the principles of an efusion cell and electron-impact ion beam source generating ions of (30 – 100) eV energy. The source has been successfully applied for the growth of GaN on the Si(111) 7x7 substrate under room temperature