Abstract
Elastic properties of TaN films on (001)Si are investigated by surface Brillouin scattering (SBS). The velocity dispersion is obtained from Brillouin frequency shifts and surface acoustic wave phase velocities derived from measured SBS spectra. The observed Rayleigh surface acoustic and Sezawa waves indicate a soft on hard configuration. The elastic stiffnesses from the best fit of the calculated and measured spectra were ${C_{11}} = 288$ and ${C_{44}} = 80\;{\rm{GPa}}$. Using these elastic constants in the surface elastodynamic Green’s function yielded theoretical Brillouin spectra in agreement with measured spectra. Employing a least squares fitting procedure to the elastic constants gives uncertainties in ${C_{11}}$ and ${C_{44}}$ as ${\pm}{3.7}$ and ${\pm}{2.5}\;{\rm{GPa}}$, respectively.
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