RHEED Observation of Anti-Phase Domain Ordering of the 2x1 Reconstructed (111) Surface of Chemical-Vapor-Deposited Diamond

Eiichi KONDOH, Kenji TANAKA and Tomohiro OHTA

Kawasaki Steel Corporation, LSI Research Center
Kawasaki 1, Chuo, Chiba 260, Japan

The chemical vapor-deposited homoepitaxial (111) diamond surf ace is studied by reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHE ED). The obtained diffraction patterns showed the presence of anti -phase domain ordering of 2x1 surface unit cells. The anti-phase b oundary was determined to be <110>.

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 32 (1993) L947


Updated 14.2.1997 by E. Kondoh
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