Abstract
Pulsed laser ablation of a graphite target was carried out by ArF excimer laser deposition at a laser wavelength of 193 nm and fluences of 10 and 20 J/cm 2 to produce diamond-like carbon (DLC) films. DLC films were deposited on silicon and quartz substrates under 1 × 10 − 6 Torr pressure at different temperatures from room temperature to 250 °C. The effect of temperature on the electrical and optical properties of the DLC films was studied. Laser Raman Spectroscopy (LRS) showed that the DLC band showed a slight increase to higher frequency with increasing film deposition temperature. Spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE) and ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy showed that the optical band gap of the DLC films was 0.8–2 eV and decreased with increasing substrate temperature. These results were consistent with the electrical resistivity results, which gave values for the films in the range 1.0 × 10 4–2.8 × 10 5 Ω cm and which also decreased with deposition temperature. We conclude that at higher substrate deposition temperatures, DLC films show increasing graphitic characteristics yielding lower electrical resistivity and a smaller optical band gap.
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