Laser assisted deposition of mercury chalcogenides thin films in chemically reactive environment

The results of an experimental study of major physico-technological considerations of thin film structure formation and elemental composition at laser vaporization and deposition of thin CdHgTe and MnHgTe films in a chemically reactive environment are presented. The laser vaporization and condensation took place in the mercury vapour (P=10/sup -1/-10/sup 3/ Torr). Presynthesized CdTe-Te(MnTe-Te) or Te plates were used as targets. A laser with /spl tau/=50-100 ns generation pulse duration, density of vaporization pulse power q=10/sup 8/-10/sup 9/ W/cm/sup 2/, was used for vaporization of the target material.