UBMS技术制备DLC薄膜的光学常数椭偏分析

采用宽光谱变角度椭圆偏振仪对非平衡磁控溅射（UBMS）技术沉积的类金刚石（DLC）薄膜的光学常数进行了测量与分析。在建立模型时,根据DLC薄膜成膜特性,分析和调整了模型结构;综合考虑了表面粗糙度、薄膜与基底表面及界面因素对测试结果的影响,将表面层和界面层分离出来,并采用有效介质方法对它们的影响作了近似处理。结果表明：硅基底上采用UBMS技术制备DLC薄膜的椭偏数据,经该模型拟合后均方误差（MSE值）从37.39下降到4.061,提高了测量精度。     

椭偏光谱测量中椭偏参数的灵敏度分析

在对椭圆偏振测量的基本原理进行了简单介绍和推导后,讨论了椭圆偏振测量中椭偏参数关于薄膜参数的灵敏度以及入射角对椭偏参数的影响,并进行了具体的仿真分析,得到如下结论：椭偏参数Delta对薄膜光学常数和薄膜厚度变化的灵敏度明显高于椭偏参数Psi。在椭偏数据处理中,椭偏参数Delta的测量精度直接影响薄膜光学常数和薄膜厚度的拟合精度。为了提高椭偏参数Delta的测量精度,可以选择入射角在膺布儒斯特角附近。所得结论对高精度椭偏测量具有指导意义。     

类金刚石薄膜的制备、特性及应用

利用射频等离子分裂碳氢气体制备的类金刚石膜,具有硬度高、耐蚀和良好的透红外光等特性.本文研究了类金刚石膜的红外、机械、结构及电学特性,给出该膜应用于红外装置中镀膜元件的光谱性能.并结合文中所用的制备方法,讨论了类金刚石膜在低温低压下的形成机制.     

类金刚石薄膜直流电导特性研究

研究类金刚石薄膜的直流电导率随温度的变化.结果表明在110到650K范围内,导电机制分别在低温、室温和高温三个区域内具有明显的规律.在低温区电导率服从logσ-T^-1/4的线性关系;在室温区(中温区)和高温区电导率服从logσ-T^-1的线性关系,但具有不同的热激活能和指数前系数.文中应用两相模型,对这些实验结果作了说明. 关键词：     

氧化铟锡薄膜的椭偏光谱研究

用溅射法在Si片上制备了厚度为140nm的氧化铟锡(ITO)薄膜。X射线衍射研究表明所制备的薄膜为多晶结构。在1.5~4.5eV范围内对ITO薄膜进行了椭偏测量。分别用德鲁德-洛伦茨谐振子(Drude Lorenz oscillators)模型、层进模型结合有效介质近似模型对椭偏参量ψ、Δ进行了拟合,得到ITO薄膜的折射指数n的变化范围在1.8~2.6之间,可见光范围内消光系数k接近于零,在350nm波长附近开始明显变化,且随着波长的减小k迅速增加。计算得到直接和间接光学带隙分别是3.8eV和4.2eV。并在1.5~4.5eV段给出一套较为可靠的、具有实用价值的ITO介电常量和光学常量。     

椭偏仪测薄膜厚度实验存在的问题

薄膜科学与技术是当前高科技中的一个领域,在目前各高等院校开设的近代物理实验课程中均有用反射型椭偏仪测量薄膜厚度及折射率的内容。然而,本实验内容的安排却存在一个问题,只能确定膜厚在第一周期以内的值而不能由实验数据本身确定膜厚的周     

低温等离子体沉积类金刚石薄膜

一、引 言 类金刚石薄膜有很多优越的性质,除了化学惰性外,它还具有很好的电学、光学和机械性能,如电阻率高,可见,紫外和红外光的透射性好以及附着力强等。至今已有各种各样的制备类金刚石的方法。如热解、离子束、溅射和等离子体化学气相沉积(PCVD)等。 本文采用的方法是在热丝CVD中加入直流放电。由于把直流放电和热解化学的方法结合起来,增强了CH_4的分解,同时为了了解成膜的微观过程,采用等离子体参数的诊断方法,实地监测膜的生成过程,对实现具有一定性质的类金刚石膜的重复生长是有利的。     

过滤电弧沉积非晶金刚石薄膜的光谱椭偏研究

为了深入理解过滤阴极电弧沉积非晶金刚石薄膜的光学性质,利用光谱椭偏仪研究了薄膜光学常数随测试偏振光波长变化的谱学关系,进而分析了薄膜折射率、消光系数和光学带隙与沉积能量之间的变化规律。实验表明,非晶金刚石薄膜的折射率高于金刚石晶体的折射率,薄膜的吸收光谱在高吸收区可以用抛物线型函数描述,并由此计算Tauc带隙。随着波长向红外延伸,非晶金刚石薄膜的消光系数渐次降低并趋近于零,光学常数因沉积能量变化而实现的调整幅度也逐渐缩小。随着衬底偏压的增加,折射率和光学带隙都是先升高后减小,并在负偏压为80 V时有最大值;而消光系数却是先减小再升高,在负偏压为80 V时有最小值。     

Improving the conductivity of diamond-like carbon films with zinc doping and its material properties

Zinc doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) nanocomposite thin films are fabricated by KrF pulsed laser deposition. Carbon targets containing 3.0, 5.0 and 10.0 atomic percentages of zinc are used as the source for the laser system. Investigation of electrical properties by the four-point probe shows that doping zinc into DLC can lower the electrical sheet resistivity. Microstructural analysis by Raman spectroscopy and XPS show a lower sp³ content but a higher SiC content with an increasing amount of zinc incorporation. The increase of SiC leads to an increase in adhesion strength. Surface roughness of the films also increases while the coefficients of friction for the films do not change.     

Effect of substrate bias on SE, XPS and XAES studies of diamond-like carbon films deposited by saddle field fast atom beam source

This paper reports the effect of positive substrate bias (V_s) varying from 0 to 180 V on the spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray Auger electron spectroscopy (XAES) studies of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films deposited using CH₄ gas as a feedstock into a saddle field fast atom beam (FAB) source. The values of optical constants like refractive index (n) and extinction coefficient (k) of the deposited DLC films were determined using a two phase model. The values of ‘n’ were found to fall in the range from 1.505 to 1.720 and ‘k’ from 0.03 to 0.125 by application of different values of V_s. Value of these optical constants were found to decrease with the increase of substrate bias up to 90 V and then increase beyond this value. Position of C 1s peak evaluated from XPS data was found to occur at 286.09±0.18 eV in DLC films deposited by application of different values of V_s. Observation of full width at half maximum (FWHM) (τ) value (1.928 eV at V_s=0 V, 2.0 eV at V_s=90 V and 1.89 eV at V_s=180 V) clearly hinted the existence of a point of inflection in the properties of DLC films deposited using FAB source this way. A parameter ‘D’ defined as the distance between the maximum of positive going excursion and the minimum of negative going excursion was calculated in the derivative XAES spectra. The values of ‘D’ evaluated from XAES data for DLC films were found to be 14.8, 14.5 and 15.2 at V_s=0, 90 and 180 V, respectively. The sp² percentage was calculated for samples deposited this way and was found to be low and lie approximately at 5.6, 2.8, 2.3, 5.7 and 11.5 for different values of V_s=0, 50, 90, 150 and 180 V. The sp³ content percentage and sp³/sp² ratio was found to be 94.4 and 16.7, 97.7 and 42.5 at V_s=0 and 90 V, respectively. Beyond V_s=90 V these values started decreasing. Mainly, a point of inflection in all the properties of DLC films studied over here at around 90 V of applied substrate bias has been observed, which has been explained on the basis of existing theories in the literature.     

Influence of sulfidation treatment on the structure and tribological properties of nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon films

The nitrogen-doped diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were deposited on high speed steel (HSS) substrates in the direct current unbalanced magnetron sputtering system. Sulphurized layer was formed on the surface of DLC films by means of liquid sulfidation in the intermixture of urea and thiourea solution in order to improve the tribological properties of DLC films. The influence of sulfidation treatment on the structure and tribological properties of DLC films was investigated in this work. The structure and wear surface morphology of DLC films were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, XPS and SEM, respectively. It reveals that the treated films are smooth and uniform; and sulfur atoms are bonded chemically. The treated films have broader distribution of Raman spectra in the range of 1000-1800 cm⁻¹ and higher I_D/I_G ratio than the untreated films as a result of the appearance of the crystalline graphite structure after the sulfidation treatment. It is showed that the sp² relative content increase in the treated films from the XPS measurement. The Raman results are consistent with the XPS results. The tribological properties of DLC films were investigated using a ball-on-disk rotating friction and wear tester under dry friction conditions. It is found that the sulfidation concentration plays an important part in the tribological properties of the treated DLC films. The results showed the treated films with low sulfidation concentration have a lower friction coefficient (0.1) than the treated films with high sulfidation concentration (0.26) and the untreated films (0.27) under the same friction testing conditions, which can be attributed to both the presence of sulfur-containing materials and the forming of the mechanical alloyed layer on the wear surface. Adding the dry nitrogen to the sliding surface in the testing system helps the friction coefficient of the treated films with low sulfidation concentration to decrease to 0.04 further in this work. On the basis of the experimental results, it is indicated that the liquid sulfidation technique, which is low-cost, non-polluting and convenience, would be an appropriate method for the surface treatment of DLC films.     

Laser diagnostics of nanoscale dielectric films on absorbing substrate by differential reflectivity and ellipsometry

The differential reflection characteristics for ultrathin inhomogeneous dielectric film on absorbing substrate are investigated in the long-wavelength approximation. The obtained first-order expressions for differential reflectivity and changes in the ellipsometric angles caused by ultrathin layer are of immediate interest to the solution of the inverse problem. The method to determine the averaged values (not the realistic profile) of refractive index for inhomogeneous nanometric films are shown. The novel possibilities for determining the dielectric constant and thickness of nanoscale homogeneous films by the differential ellipsometric and reflectivity measurements are developed, and a simple method to estimate whether the nanometric film is homogeneous or not is also discussed.     

含氮类金刚石薄膜的紫外辐照研究

 用射频等离子体方法在玻璃基底上制备的类金刚石（DLC）薄膜，采用离子注入法掺氮，并对掺氮DLC薄膜紫外（UV）辐照前后的性能变化进行了研究。研究结果表明：随氮离子注入剂量及UV辐照时间的增加，位于2 930cm^-1附近的SP ³C-H吸收峰明显变小，而位于1 580cm^-1附近的SP2C-H吸收峰则明显增强，薄膜的电阻率明显呈下降趋势；随UV辐照时间的增加，位于1 078cm^-1附近的Si-O-Si键数量及位于786cm^-1附近的Si-C键数量明显增加。即氮离子注入和UV辐照明显改变了DLC薄膜的结构与特性。     

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利用在线椭偏仪对非晶碳氢膜进行了光学常数、沉积率和刻蚀率的测量。在无直流负偏压或偏压较小时,薄膜呈现聚合物结构,折射率和消光系数较小;当增加直流负偏压时,薄膜的折射率和消光系数显著提高,所成膜为硬质非晶碳氢膜。在以CH4作为气源进行沉积时,随着偏压的增加,沉积率先升高再降低,在偏压为-100V时,沉积率为最大。H2/N2(30%N2)的混合气体的刻蚀率要比单独用H2作为刻蚀气体的刻蚀率要大。对于CH4/N2(30%N2),在偏压从0V增加到300V过程中,在大约50V时,基底上的薄膜有一个从沉积到刻蚀的转化过程。     

Influences of ultraviolet irradiation on structure and tribological properties of diamond-like carbon films

Two types of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films with different bonding configurations were produced by pulse-assisted and DC-assisted plasma chemical vapor deposition. The chemical composition, surface morphology, microstructure, internal stress and tribological properties of the two films before and after the ultraviolet (UV) irradiation were investigated and compared. It was found that the UV irradiation had little effects on the chemical composition and surface morphology of both the films, but greatly influenced their tribological properties in the opposite trends. This result was attributed to the different changing outcomes of the bonding configuration induced by the UV actions of primary photo-dissociation and secondary recombination, wherein the inherent bonding configuration and internal stress played important roles.     

Laser diagnostics of nanoscale dielectric films on transparent substrate by integrating differential reflectivity and ellipsometry

The effect of nanometer dielectric films on the differential reflection characteristics of linearly polarized light from non-absorbing materials is investigated in the long-wavelength approximation. The second-order formulas for changes in the reflectance of s- and p-polarized light caused by ultrathin layer are obtained. A detailed analysis of the influence of ultrathin film to the reflectivity of p-polarized light in the vicinity of the Brewster angle is carried out. The novel methods are developed for determining the thickness and refractive index of uniform (or the average values of refractive index of nonuniform) nanometer-scale films by differential reflectivity and ellipsometric measurements.     

Effects of CPII implantation on the characteristics of diamond-like carbon films

A diamond-like carbon film (DLC) was successfully synthesized using a hybrid PVD process, involving a filter arc deposition source (FAD) and a carbon plasma ion implanter (CPII). A quarter-torus plasma duct filter markedly reduced the density of the macro-particles. Graphite targets were used in FAD. Large electron and ion energies generated from the plasma duct facilitate the activation of carbon plasma and the deposition of high-quality DLC films. M2 tool steel was pre-implanted with 45 kV carbon ions before the DLC was deposited to enhance the adhesive and surface properties of the film. The ion mixing effect, the induction of residual stress and the phase transformation at the interface were significantly improved. The hardness of the DLC increased to 47.7 GPa and 56.5 GPa, and the wear life was prolonged to over 70 km with implantation fluences of 1 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm² and 2 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm², respectively.     

Nanoindentation measurements on modified diamond-like carbon thin films

In the present study, we explored the effect of metallic interlayers (Cu and Ti) and indentation loads (5-20 mN) on the mechanical properties of plasma produced diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films. Also a comparison has been made for mechanical properties of these films with pure DLC and nitrogen incorporated DLC films. Introduction of N in DLC led to a drastic decrease in residual stress (S) from 1.8 to 0.7 GPa, but with expenses of hardness (H) and other mechanical properties. In contrast, addition of Cu and Ti interlayers between substrate Si and DLC, results in significant decrease in S with little enhancement of hardness and other mechanical properties. Among various DLC films, maximum hardness 30.8 GPa is observed in Ti-DLC film. Besides hardness and elastic modulus, various other mechanical parameters have also been estimated using load versus displacement curves.