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Effect of nitrogen pressure on optical properties and microstructure of diamond-like carbon films grown by pulsed laser deposition

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The effect of nitrogen pressure on optical properties of hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon (DLC) films deposited by pulsed laser ablation graphite in different background pressures of nitrogen is reported. By varying nitrogen pressures from 0.05 to 15.00 Pa, the photoluminescence is gradually increased and optical transmittance is gradually decreased. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is used to observe the surface morphology of the DLC films. The results indicate that the surface becomes unsmoothed and there are some globose particles on the films surface with the rise of nitrogen pressures. The microstructure of the films is characterized using Raman spectroscopy.

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  1. College of Physics and Engineering, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, 273165, China

    Xu-Li Ding  (丁旭丽), Qing-Shan Li  (李清山) & Xiang-he Kong  (孔祥和)

  2. Department of Physics, Ludong University, Yantai, 264025, China

    Qing-Shan Li  (李清山)

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This work has been supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No. Y2002A09).

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Ding, XL., Li, QS. & Kong, Xh. Effect of nitrogen pressure on optical properties and microstructure of diamond-like carbon films grown by pulsed laser deposition. Optoelectron. Lett. 5, 117–119 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-009-8158-z

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