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The Effect of Nonequilibrium Synthesis Conditions on the Structure and Optical Properties of Amorphous Carbon Films

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Amorphous carbon (a-C) thin films are synthesized using a nonequilibrium method of ion-plasma sputtering of a graphite target under argon atmosphere at a constant plasma current. The local structure of carbon films is studied by the Raman spectroscopy method. Using the normal distribution in the decomposition of the Raman spectra, it is found that a peak typical for a phonon density of states with sp3 bond hybridization appears in the frequency region of 1260 cm–1 at synthesis temperatures of less than 150°C. In addition, the influence of the dimensions of nanostructures composed of sp2 sites on the width of optical bandgap and their correlation with the results of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) in a-C films is shown.

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This work was performed under the financial support of grant no. AR05131495 from the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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  1. National Nanotechnology Open Laboratory, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    A. P. Ryaguzov, R. R. Nemkayeva, O. I. Yukhnovets, N. R. Guseinov & A. R. Assembayeva

  2. Engineering Laboratory, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    R. R. Nemkayeva

  3. Department of Solid State Physics and Nonlinear Physics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    S. L. Mikhailova & F. Bekmurat

  4. Satpaev Kazakh National Technical University, 050040, Almaty, Kazakhstan

    A. R. Assembayeva

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Ryaguzov, A.P., Nemkayeva, R.R., Yukhnovets, O.I. et al. The Effect of Nonequilibrium Synthesis Conditions on the Structure and Optical Properties of Amorphous Carbon Films. Opt. Spectrosc. 127, 251–259 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0030400X19080228

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