Daniel Franta, Ivan Ohlídal, Vilma Buršíková, Lenka Zajíčková

Optical properties of diamond-like carbon films containing SiO_x studied by the combined method of spectroscopic ellipsometry and spectroscopic reflectometry

Thin Solid Films 455–456 (2004) 393–398

In this paper the results of the study of the optical properties of diamond like carbon films with different amount of SiO_x prepared by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition from a mixture of metane and hexamethyldisiloxane onto silicon substrates will be presented. These results have been obtained using the combined method based on a simultaneous interpretation of experimental data achieved with variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry and near-normal spectroscopic reflectometry within the near-UV and visible regions. For interpreting the experimental data our new dispersion model of the optical constants based on the parameterization of the density of electronic states has been employed. Within this model the new analytical three parameter dispersion formula has been derived. These three parameters are proportional to the π and σ valence electron densities.

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