摘要
Thick diamond films with a thickness of up to 1.2 mm and a area of 20 cm^2 have been grown in a homemade 5 kW microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition （MPCVD） reactor using CH4/H2/H2O gas mixtures. The growth rate, radial profiles of the film thickness, diamond morphology and quality were evaluated with a range of parameters such as the substrate temperature of 700℃ to 1100℃, the fed gas composition CH4/H2 = 3.0%, H2O/H2 = 0.0%,-2.4%. They were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Translucent diamond wafers have been produced without any sign of non-diamond carbon phases, Raman peak as narrow as 4.1 cm^-1. An interesting type of diamond growth instability under certain deposition conditions was observed in a form of accelerated growth of selected diamond crystallites of a very big lateral size, about 1 mm, and of a better structure compared to the rest of the film.
Thick diamond films with a thickness of up to 1.2 mm and a area of 20 cm^2 have been grown in a homemade 5 kW microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition （MPCVD） reactor using CH4/H2/H2O gas mixtures. The growth rate, radial profiles of the film thickness, diamond morphology and quality were evaluated with a range of parameters such as the substrate temperature of 700℃ to 1100℃, the fed gas composition CH4/H2 = 3.0%, H2O/H2 = 0.0%,-2.4%. They were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. Translucent diamond wafers have been produced without any sign of non-diamond carbon phases, Raman peak as narrow as 4.1 cm^-1. An interesting type of diamond growth instability under certain deposition conditions was observed in a form of accelerated growth of selected diamond crystallites of a very big lateral size, about 1 mm, and of a better structure compared to the rest of the film.
基金
Hubei Province Science and Technology Department with a Grant No. 2002AA105A02）
the Team of Innovation of Hubei Province Education Department （2004）
partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China with a Grant No. 50572075
