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AIST TODAYNo.18 Autumn 2005 [ PDF:10.2MB ]


New n-Type Diamond Semiconductor Synthesized


Hiromitsu Kato
Diamond Research Center
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Growth of n-type diamond semiconductor on (001)-oriented diamond substrate using microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique has been succeeded leading the world. This is a very significant achievement eliminating the restriction of substrate orientation, which has been a bottleneck in the development of diamond electronic devices. Furthermore, UV light emission has been observed with emitting device, which is made using p-n junction of the (001)-oriented diamond semiconductors.

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Figure: Microwave plasma CVD process for diamond.

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AIST TODAY Vol.5, No.9 (2005) p.20-21



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