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High resolution Auger electron spectroscopy studies on (100) and (111) facets of chemical vapor deposited diamond

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Title High resolution Auger electron spectroscopy studies on (100) and (111) facets of chemical vapor deposited diamond
 
Creator SHARDA, T
MISRA, DS
SEIBT, EW
SELVAM, P
 
Subject microwave plasma
film deposition
carbon layers
cvd diamond
hydrogen
surface
raman
graphite
growth
mechanism
 
Description Diamond thin films were grown by microwave plasma and hot filament chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD and HFCVD, respectively) techniques. Films were systematically characterized by x-ray diffraction, micro-Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Auger electron spectroscopy (AES). Although the results obtained using various characterization techniques are broadly similar, there are however subtle differences. For instance, Raman spectra show a sharp peak at similar or equal to 1332 cm(-1) corresponding to natural diamond in bath types of films. The intensity and the position of the non-diamond band in the two sets of films differ. While the maxima of the non-diamond band in HFCVD film lies at 1450 cm(-1), in MPCVD film it occurs at 1525 cm(-1) Also the values of FWHM in HFCVD film (similar or equal to 7.5 cm(-1)) are smaller than the MPCVD films (similar or equal to 9.5 cm(-1)). This may indicate that the concentration of non-diamond carbon impurities on the grain boundaries of HFCVD films are really small. SEM results on the other hand indicate that the grain size of the MPCVD films is larger than HFCVD films. AES was performed in a survey scan (beam size similar to 10 mu m X 8 mu m) and high resolution (beam size similar or equal to 0.2 mu m) mode with an initial aim to investigate the surface characteristics and environment of carbon atoms of the diamond films. In the survey scan, the spectra show a line shape typical of CVD diamond films. Anomalous results were obtained when the AES was performed on (100) and (111) facets in high resolution mode. This may be explained in terms of the surface reconstruction taking place due to hydrogen desorption via core-hole Auger decay process. Auger depth profiles were also obtained on the facets which reveal that Si, O, and N are the dominant impurities. The impurity content of HFCVD films is observed to be lower by a factor of 2 as compared to MPCVD films. (C) 1998 American Vacuum Society.
 
Publisher AMER INST PHYSICS
 
Date 2011-07-16T06:53:51Z
2011-12-26T12:49:38Z
2011-12-27T05:35:09Z
2011-07-16T06:53:51Z
2011-12-26T12:49:38Z
2011-12-27T05:35:09Z
1998
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A-VACUUM SURFACES AND FILMS, 16(2), 413-418
0734-2101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1116/1.581039
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4355
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4355
 
Language en