title: Automated apparatus for evaporation and in situ measurements of multiple thin films.
abstract: We describe a system for vacuum deposition which measures as well as controls substrate temperature, film thickness, and rate of evaporation. By measuring the resonant frequency of a quartz crystal oscillator which has been calibrated for thickness, we produce films of 11 different thicknesses in a single evaporation. The system is then capable of immediately initiating four-probe resistivity measurements on the evaporated films every 90 s, allowing the measurement of rapid structural changes. The system is calculator-based and interfacing is achieved with plug-in compatible instrumentation using the IEEE standard 488-1975 interface bus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Brient
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Longbrake
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Graves