Affiliation: | a Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan b Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan |
Abstract: | Hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H) and nitrided amorphous carbon (a-C:N) films have been synthesized on quartz substrates at a substrate temperature of 700 °C using a catalytic chemical vapor deposition (Cat-CVD) method. Raman spectra of a-C:H films showed two principal bands, the G-band at 1600 cm−1 and the D-band at 1350 cm−1. Those of a-C:N films showed similar spectra, with a G′ band at 1640 cm−1, the peak energy of which is higher than that of the G-band in a-C:H. The intensity ratio /ID, which is a measure of the degree of order in a-C:H, decreased for a-C:H with increasing CH4/H2 gas-flow ratio. On the contrary, the /ID ratio increased with increasing CH4/H2 gas-flow ratio. |