Flexible Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD) technology of Diamond Like Carbon (DLC)
thin film preparation on the surface of Si and organic glasses has been elaborated. Modification of PECVD equipment
has been implemented by integrating ion and magnetron sources. In this paper toluene (C7H8) has been used as a
nanocmposite film forming hydrocarbon which decomposition yields to the multi component plasma in vacuum
chamber. Nitrogen has been used as a dopand. Investigation of plasma composition influence to the optical and
mechanical properties of DLC films has been observed. The presence of sp3 and sp2 hybridization states have been
proven by Raman spectroscopy and their ratios have been estimated with the help of ID, IG characteristic lines for
different technological conditions. High precision refractive index and thickness measurements of DLC films have been
implemented by means of laser ellipsometer. Refractive indices of prepared films have been varied in the region 1.5-3.1
and thicknesses have been varied in the region 50-250 nm. Extraordinary change in refractive index has been explained
with the help of formation of differently sized sp2 carbon based clusters in the sp3 matrix. Different types of carbon and
hydrogen bonds have been observed in the obtained structures by means of FTIR. Obvious prospectives of DLC
nanocomposite film as a promissing nanophotonic material has been discussed.
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