Plasma-Chemical Deposition of Diamond-Like Films onto the Surface of Heavily Doped Single-Crystal Diamond

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Abstract

The plasma-chemical deposition of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films onto heavily boron-doped single-crystal p-type diamond (the concentration ~1020 cm–3) in CH4 + Ar plasma is conducted. The deposition rate is 7 nm min–1. The elemental composition and properties of the films are studied in detail. It is found that the films are enriched with hydrogen, possess a density of 2.4 g cm–3, and exhibit an ultrasmooth surface (with a roughness of 0.4 ± 0.2 nm).

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S. A. Korolyov

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

S. A. Kraev

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

E. A. Arkhipova

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

E. V. Skorokhodov

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

P. A. Bushuykin

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

V. I. Shashkin

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

A. I. Okhapkin

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Author for correspondence.
Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

P. A. Yunin

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

M. N. Drozdov

Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: andy-ohapkin@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Afonino, Nizhny Novgorod region, 603087

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