scholarly journals Effect of Reactive Ion Etching on the Luminescence of GeV Color Centers in CVD Diamond Nanocrystals

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2814
Author(s):  
Sergey A. Grudinkin ◽  
Nikolay A. Feoktistov ◽  
Kirill V. Bogdanov ◽  
Mikhail A. Baranov ◽  
Valery G. Golubev ◽  
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The negatively charged germanium-vacancy GeV− color centers in diamond nanocrystals are solid-state photon emitters suited for quantum information technologies, bio-sensing, and labeling applications. Due to the small Huang–Rhys factor, the GeV−-center zero-phonon line emission is expected to be very intensive and spectrally narrow. However, structural defects and the inhomogeneous distribution of local strains in the nanodiamonds result in the essential broadening of the ZPL. Therefore, clarification and elimination of the reasons for the broadening of the GeV− center ZPL is an important problem. We report on the effect of reactive ion etching in oxygen plasma on the structure and luminescence properties of nanodiamonds grown by hot filament chemical vapor deposition. Emission of GeV− color centers ensembles at about 602 nm in as-grown and etched nanodiamonds is probed using micro-photoluminescence and micro-Raman spectroscopy at room and liquid nitrogen temperature. We show that the etching removes the nanodiamond surface sp2-induced defects resulting in a reduction in the broad luminescence background and a narrowing of the diamond Raman band. The zero-phonon luminescence band of the ensemble of the GeV− centers is a superposition of narrow lines originated most likely from the GeV− center sub-ensembles under different uniaxial local strain conditions.

2002 ◽  
Vol 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Wintrebert-Fouquet ◽  
K. Scott ◽  
A. Butcher ◽  
Simon K H Lam

ABSTRACTWe present a comparative study of the effects of low power reactive ion etching (RIE) on GaN and InN. This new, highly chemical, dry etching, using CF4 and Ar, has been developed for thin nitride films grown at low temperature in our laboratories. GaN films were grown by remote plasma enhanced-laser induced chemical vapor deposition and InN films were grown by radio-frequency RF reactive sputtering. Commercial GaN samples were also examined. Optical and electrical characteristics of the films are reported before and after removing 100 to 200 nm of the film surface by RIE. We have previously shown that the GaN films, although polycrystalline after growth, may be re-crystallized below the growth temperature. Removal of the surface oxide has been found to be imperative since a polycrystalline residue remains on the surface after re-crystallization.


1992 ◽  
Vol 247 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Targove ◽  
P. D. Haaland ◽  
C. A. Kutsche

ABSTRACTPolythiophene thin films have been deposited by a novel plasma technique which avoids the disadvantages of conventional plasma-based processes. In particular, the thiophene precursor is injected into an activated argon stream rather than into a plasma. The films produced are dense and uniform, with surface roughness of less than 1 nm. Other film properties are comparable to films deposited by more conventional methods. These films have been processed by reactive ion etching to produce micron-scale features.


Vacuum ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (7) ◽  
pp. 798-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideki Sato ◽  
Takamichi Sakai ◽  
Mai Matsubayashi ◽  
Koichi Hata ◽  
Hideto Miyake ◽  
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