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High Temperature Material Processes (An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes)

An International Journal

ISSN for PRINT: 1093-3611

Institutional price:	$604.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2005, Volume9

162 pages

DOI: 10.1615/HighTempMatProc.v9.i1

Issue price - $144.00

IN SITU IR OPTICAL MEASUREMENTS OF GAS PROPERTIES IN A CAPACITIVELY COUPLED RF Ar/SiH₄ PLASMA

J. Remy
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Applied Physics dept, Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, EU

G. Dingemans
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Applied Physics dept, Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands, EU

W. W. Stoffels
Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Applied Physics, P.O.Box 513, DenDolech 2, Eindhoven, the Netherlands

G. M. W. Kroesen
Department of Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

ABSTRACT

Laser diagnostic studies of capacitively coupled rf discharges containing silane diluted in argon have received considerable attention in order to understand the dust particles' formation and behaviour. The formation mechanism of those macroscopic particulates needs to be clarified to enhance the product control in the surface processing industry. In situ Fourier Transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (FTIR) and Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) in the mid-infrared wavelength range have been performed to monitor their composition during the growth process. On the one hand, FTIR results particularly indicate time dependency of the solid-state vibrational absorptions of the SiH and SiH₃ bands. They also show the silane dissociation after plasma ignition. CRDS, on the other hand, has been applied to the carbon monoxide molecule to investigate the potency of the diagnostic on future silane measurements. Some preliminary ring-down results point out a detection range for the absorbance in the order of 10⁻⁵. These two diagnostic techniques prove to be valuable process-monitoring tools.