Thin film mixtures synthesized by cross-beam PLD

Fabrication of metastable binary solid state film mixtures with continuousl y variable composition by asymmetric cross-beam PLD is demonstrated. In thi s technique, the materials are mixed directly in the intersection region of colliding plasmas of individual target materials. This technique can be ad vantageous for synthesis of solid state quasi-solutions of partially miscib le materials, where one can expect interesting mechanic properties and magn etic transformations.