Preparation of cubic boron nitride thin film by the helicon wave plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Hyoja-Dong, San 31, Pohang, Kyung-buk, 790-784 (Korea)
Cubic boron nitride ({ital c}-BN) film was deposited on Si(100) substrate using the chemical vapor deposition process assisted by high density plasma of Helicon wave with Borazine (B{sub 3}N{sub 3}H{sub 6}) precursor. It was found that the bombardment of ions with high flux and energy onto the film was necessarily required for synthesizing a {ital c}-BN film. Increasing a negative rf bias on the substrate increased the formation fraction of {ital c}-BN in the film. A nearly pure {ital c}-BN phase was synthesized at the conditions of plasma density in the reactor and rf substrate bias, above 10{sup 11} cm{sup {minus}3} and {minus}350 V, respectively. The phase identification of BN film was carried out by the transmission electron microscopy as well as Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy. The infrared spectra for {ital c}-BN film synthesized at the rf bias of {minus}350 V appeared at 1093 cm{sup {minus}1} with a strong single peak, which is close to a value for the characteristic vibration mode of bulk {ital c}-BN (1065 cm{sup {minus}1}). The {ital c}-BN in the film was also confirmed and found to be a fine poly-crystalline with the grain sizes ranging from 200 to 400 A. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 404000
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 26 Vol. 69; ISSN 0003-6951; ISSN APPLAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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