Preparation of conducting and transparent thin films of tin-doped indium oxide by magnetron sputtering

Abstract
High‐quality 800‐Å‐thick films of tin‐doped indium oxide have been prepared by magnetron sputtering. It is shown that films with low resistivity (∼4×10−4 Ω cm) and high optical transmission (≳85% between 4000 and 8000 Å) can be prepared on low‐temperature (40–180 °C) substrates with O2 partial pressures of (2–7)×10−5 Torr.