IR Spectroscopy of Vacancy Clusters (Amber Centers) in CVD Diamonds Nanostructured by Fast Neutron Irradiation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Moderate Fluences (1 × 1018 and 3 × 1018 cm−2)
3.1.1. 4100 cm−1 Band
3.1.2. 9300 cm−1 Band
3.1.3. Defect Structure upon Moderate Radiation Damage
3.2. High Fluences (1 × 1019 and 2 × 1019 cm−2)
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Fluence, cm−2 | Thickness, mm | NC, cm−3 | C-H, cm−3 |
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D1 | 1 × 1018 | 0.47 | 1.0 × 1018 | 1.6 × 1020 |
D3 | 3 × 1018 | 0.47 | 1.0 × 1018 | 1.3 × 1020 |
D10 | 10 × 1018 | 0.51 | 0.3 × 1018 | 0.4 × 1020 |
D20 | 20 × 1018 | 0.49 | 0.9 × 1018 | 0.7 × 1020 |
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Khomich, A.A.; Khmelnitskii, R.; Kozlova, M.; Khomich, A.V.; Ralchenko, V. IR Spectroscopy of Vacancy Clusters (Amber Centers) in CVD Diamonds Nanostructured by Fast Neutron Irradiation. C 2023, 9, 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/c9020055
Khomich AA, Khmelnitskii R, Kozlova M, Khomich AV, Ralchenko V. IR Spectroscopy of Vacancy Clusters (Amber Centers) in CVD Diamonds Nanostructured by Fast Neutron Irradiation. C. 2023; 9(2):55. https://doi.org/10.3390/c9020055
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhomich, Andrey A., Roman Khmelnitskii, Maria Kozlova, Alexander V. Khomich, and Victor Ralchenko. 2023. "IR Spectroscopy of Vacancy Clusters (Amber Centers) in CVD Diamonds Nanostructured by Fast Neutron Irradiation" C 9, no. 2: 55. https://doi.org/10.3390/c9020055