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CVD diamond deposition processes investigation: CARS diagnostics/modeling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Stephen O. Hay ,
Ward C. Roman  and
Meredith B. Colket III
Stephen O. Hay
Affiliation:
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108
Ward C. Roman
Affiliation:
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108
Meredith B. Colket III
Affiliation:
United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108
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Abstract

We have applied Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy (CARS), using a narrowband, scanned colinear configuration, to measure temperatures, relative concentrations, and detect species in low pressure CVD of polycrystalline diamond. CARS measurements were obtained for methane, hydrogen, and acetylene in either or both a rf plasma reactor and a hot filament reactor. In the rf PACVD experiments a mixture of 1% CH4 in H2 was used at a total pressure of 5 torr. The rf power input to the plasma was 300 watts and the H2 and CH4 flow rates were 99 and 1 seem, respectively. As acetylene (C2H2) has been proposed as an intermediate in diamond growth, it was selected for the initial series of measurements. In the absence of rf power, a sensitivity of 5 mtorr was observed; in the plasma downstream of the rf coils, no observable signal attributable to C2H2 was evident. This places an upper limit to conversion of methane to acetylene at 20%, a figure representing the observed sensitivity to C2H2. In the hot filament reactor, the gas flow was 200 sccm of 1% CH4 in H2 at a total pressure of 150 torr. Under these conditions, C2H2 was detectable. Absolute concentrations were not calculated, but the observed spectra are within an order of magnitude of our sensitivity limit. This allows estimation of the C2H2 partial pressure near the substrate as 5–50 mtorr or from 0.66 to 6.6% conversion from methane. In view of this low conversion percentage, the absence of a signal in the rf experiments must be taken as inconclusive. CARS spectra of methane were also obtained in both reactors. In the rf reactor, under similar conditions to those described previously, the methane relative concentration decreased to 25% as the rf power was increased from zero to 400 watts. In the hot filament reactor, CH4 CARS signal profiles were obtained as a function of axial distance from the hot filament, and parametrically as a function of filament temperature. Comparison of these profiles, in which the observed signal decayed monotonically as the filament was approached and increased monotonically downstream of the filament, was made with theoretical calculations. This comparison showed that the fluctuations were attributable to temperature/pressure effects and not to chemistry. To determine if the observed depletion in the rf plasma was similarly attributable, the CARS signal of hydrogen was observed as a function of axial distance downstream of the rf coil centerline and parametrically as a function of rf power. In contrast to expected behavior in the thermal hot filament reactor, little rotational excitation was observed in the plasma. Rotational temperatures were assigned to hydrogen based upon comparison with theoretically derived spectra. At 450 watts of rf power, rotational temperatures of 340 K were observed 4 to 6 cm downstream of the coil, the region where the 25% decrease in CH4 was observed. Little or no density fluctuations accrue due to these temperatures, indicating that the observed depletion in methane signal is attributable to decomposition or chemical reaction in the plasma. In summary, CARS is applicable to reactant species (CH4) axial profiling in both reactors, but can be limited by sensitivity in the detection of intermediate or product species (C2H2). In addition, CARS thermometry can be utilized to profile the rotational temperatures of selected species.

Type
Diamond and Diamond-Like Materials
Information
Journal of Materials Research , Volume 5 , Issue 11 , November 1990 , pp. 2387 - 2397
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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