From Ultrananocrystalline Diamond to Single Crystal Diamond Growth in Hot Filament and Microwave Plasma-Enhanced CVD Reactors: a Unified Model for Growth Rates and Grain Sizes

2008 ◽  
Vol 112 (32) ◽  
pp. 12432-12441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. May ◽  
Yuri A. Mankelevich
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Unified Model ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Plasma Enhanced Cvd ◽  
Grain Sizes ◽  
Ultrananocrystalline Diamond ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond ◽  
Hot Filament

scholarly journals Nitrogen and Silicon Defect Incorporation during Homoepitaxial CVD Diamond Growth on (111) Surfaces

2015 ◽  
Vol 1734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel L. Moore ◽  
Yogesh K. Vohra
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Nitrogen Concentration ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Cvd Diamond ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Defect Center ◽  
Defect Centers ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

ABSTRACTChemical Vapor Deposited (CVD) diamond growth on (111)-diamond surfaces has received increased attention lately because of the use of N-V related centers in quantum computing as well as application of these defect centers in sensing nano-Tesla strength magnetic fields. We have carried out a detailed study of homoepitaxial diamond deposition on (111)-single crystal diamond (SCD) surfaces using a 1.2 kW microwave plasma CVD (MPCVD) system employing methane/hydrogen/nitrogen/oxygen gas phase chemistry. We have utilized Type Ib (111)-oriented single crystal diamonds as seed crystals in our study. The homoepitaxially grown diamond films were analyzed by Raman spectroscopy, Photoluminescence Spectroscopy (PL), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The nitrogen concentration in the plasma was carefully varied between 0 and 1500 ppm while a ppm level of silicon impurity is present in the plasma from the quartz bell jar. The concentration of N-V defect centers with PL zero phonon lines (ZPL) at 575nm and 637nm and the Si-defect center with a ZPL at 737nm were experimentally detected from a variation in CVD growth conditions and were quantitatively studied. Altering nitrogen and oxygen concentration in the plasma was observed to directly affect N-V and Si-defect incorporation into the (111)-oriented diamond lattice and these findings are presented.

Fabrication of MEMS Components Based on Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Thin Films and Characterization of Mechanical Properties

2000 ◽  
Vol 657 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Sumant ◽  
O. Auciello ◽  
A. R. Krauss ◽  
D. M. Gruen ◽  
D. Ersoy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Argonne National Laboratory ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Mems Devices ◽  
Ultrananocrystalline Diamond ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

ABSTRACTThe mechanical, thermal, chemical, and tribological properties of diamond make it an ideal material for the fabrication of MEMS components. However, conventional CVD diamond deposition methods result in either a coarse-grained pure diamond structure that prevents high- resolution patterning, or in a fine-grained diamond film with a significant amount of intergranular non-diamond carbon. At Argonne National Laboratory, we are able to produce phase-pure ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films for the fabrication of MEMS components. UNCD is grown by microwave plasma CVD using C60-Ar or CH4-Ar plasmas, resulting in films that have 3-5 nm grain size, are 10-20 times smoother than conventionally grown diamond films, and can have mechanical properties similar to that of single crystal diamond. We used lithographic patterning, lift-off, and etching, in conjunction with the capability for growing UNCD on SiO2 to fabricate 2-D and 3-D UNCD-MEMS structures. We have performed initial characterization of mechanical properties by using nanoindentation and in-situ TEM indentor techniques. The values of Hardness (∼88 GPa) and Young's modulus (∼ 864 GPa) measured are very close to those of single crystal diamond (100 GPa and 1000 GPa respectively). The results show that UNCD is a promising material for future high performance MEMS devices.

Single Crystal CVD Diamond growth and characterizations

2006 ◽  
Vol 956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Olivier Tranchant ◽  
Dominique Tromson ◽  
Zdenek Remes ◽  
Licinio Rocha ◽  
Milos Nesladek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Plasma Reactor ◽  
Optical Emission ◽  
Cvd Diamond ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Photocurrent Spectroscopy ◽  
Excited Species ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

ABSTRACTDue to its radiation harness, single crystal CVD diamond is a remarkable material for the construction of detectors used in hadron physics and for medical therapy. In this work, single crystal CVD diamond plates were grown in a microwave plasma reactor, using home design substrate holder and a relatively high pressure. Optical Emission Spectroscopy was employed during the MW-PECVD growth to characterize excited species present in the plasma and to detect the presence of residual gases such as nitrogen which is unsuitable for detector's applications.The samples were characterized using various methods such as Raman spectroscopy, photoluminescence (PL), photocurrent spectroscopy, Raman mapping, birefringence microscopy, optical microscopy and also AFM. The best sample, exhibits a FWHM for the 1332 cm−1 Raman peak about 1.6 cm−1. Room temperature PL spectra showed no N–related luminescence, confirming the high quality of the grown single crystal diamond.

Laser monitor for imaging single crystal diamond growth in H2-CH4 microwave plasma

2019 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 105716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gennadiy Evtushenko ◽  
Stanislav Torgaev ◽  
Maxim Trigub ◽  
Dmitry Shiyanov ◽  
Egor Bushuev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

Simulations of CVD Diamond Film Growth: 2D Models for the identities and concentrations of gas-phase species adsorbing on the surface

2011 ◽  
Vol 1282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul W. May ◽  
Yuri A. Mankelevich
Keyword(s):  
Gas Phase ◽  
Film Growth ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Plasma Reactor ◽  
Diamond Films ◽  
Diamond Surface ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Ultrananocrystalline Diamond ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

ABSTRACTA prerequisite for modelling the growth of diamond by CVD is knowledge of the identities and concentrations of the gas-phase species which impact upon the growing diamond surface. Two methods have been devised for the estimation of this information, and have been used to determine adsorption rates for CxHy hydrocarbons for process conditions that experimentally produce single-crystal diamond, microcrystalline diamond films, nanocrystalline diamond films and ultrananocrystalline diamond films. Both methods rely on adapting a previously developed model for the gas-phase chemistry occurring in a hot filament or microwave plasma reactor. Using these methods, the concentrations of most of the CxHy radical species, with the exception of CH3, at the surface have been found to be several orders of magnitude smaller than previously believed. In most cases these low concentrations suggest that reactions such as direct insertion of C1Hy (y = 0-2) and/or C2 into surface C–H or C–C bonds can be neglected and that such species do not contribute significantly to the diamond growth process in the reactors under study.

Towards Large Area Diamond Substrates: The Mosaic Process

1995 ◽  
Vol 416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ger Janssen ◽  
John J. Schermer ◽  
L. J. Giling
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Seed Crystals ◽  
Combustion Flame ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond ◽  
Hot Filament

ABSTRACTA method has been developed for producing large area single-crystal diamond plates, suitable for optical and electronic applications. It starts with orienting and closely packing a set of diamond seed crystals with (001) top faces. This assembly, or mosaic, is then joined by a single-crystal overgrowth using a CVD process. A number of assembling techniques have been tested for compatibility with homoepitaxial diamond growth by hot filament assisted CVD and/or growth and etching by the acetylene-oxygen combustion flame. Furthermore a two-step process is described. First an initial layer (20-50/μm) is deposited by hot filament assisted CVD at a low growth rate in order to bridge the gap between the seeds. Subsequently the fast growth rate of the acetylene-oxygen combustion flame is employed to increase the layer thickness (>250,μm). It was found that both the basic mosaic process as well as the two step process can produce a single-crystal diamond layer on top of mosaics consisting of seed crystals with well aligned crystallographic directions. The width of the gaps between the seed crystals (up to 25 μm) was found to be less critical, while the orientation of the side faces and the direction of the misorientation (i.e. the step flow direction) seem not to effect the successful overgrowth. Apart from the alignment of the seed crystals the most severe problem, which has to be overcome in order to obtain one single-crystal overgrowth, is the occurrence of penetration twins in the joint regions. The largest mosaic structure -up to now- overgrown by CVD consists of seven seed crystals and has a surface area slightly in excess of 1 cm2

Factors to control uniformity of single crystal diamond growth by using microwave plasma CVD

2016 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideaki Yamada ◽  
Akiyoshi Chayahara ◽  
Shinya Ohmagari ◽  
Yohiaki Mokuno
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Diamond Growth ◽  
Plasma Cvd ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond ◽  
Microwave Plasma Cvd

Lateral outward growth of single-crystal diamond by two different structures of microwave plasma reactors

CrystEngComm ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Cao ◽  
Zhibin Ma ◽  
Hongyang Zhao ◽  
Deng Gao ◽  
Qiuming Fu
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Single Crystal ◽  
Vapor Deposition ◽  
Microwave Plasma ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Lateral Growth ◽  
Plasma Reactors ◽  
Plasma Chemical ◽  
Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Single Crystal Diamond

On a semi-open holder, the homoepitaxial lateral growth of single-crystal diamond (SCD) was carried out via microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). By tuning and optimizing two different structures of...

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