INTERFACIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ION-BEAM-DEPOSITED AC FILMS ON GE

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BRUCE, T [1 ]
BELLO, I [1 ]
HUANG, LJ [1 ]
LAU, WM [1 ]
HIGH, M [1 ]
STRNAD, V [1 ]
PANCHHI, P [1 ]
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[1] APPL PHYS SPECIALTIES LTD,TORONTO N6A 3K7,ON,CANADA
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10.1063/1.357110
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Diamondlike carbon films were deposited on germanium crystals with a mass-separated C+ ion beam in ultrahigh vacuum over the energy range 20-275 eV, and the interfaces were characterized with x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. It was found that ion bombardment induced a carbide phase on the germanium surface. Further carbon accumulation then led to the growth of an amorphous carbon overlayer. The carbide phase was identified by a rather low C 1s binding energy (at about 283.8 eV) and small positive shift of the Ge 3p peak (about 0.4 eV). The valence-band spectra of these samples also suggested that germanium carbide formed with a pure carbon beam for the bombardment energy range considered has a band gap between germanium and diamondlike carbon.
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