Se. Johnson et al., PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMORPHIC DIAMOND FILMS PRODUCED BYPULSED-LASER ABLATION OF GRAPHITE, DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 6(5-7), 1997, pp. 569-573
Amorphic diamond (a-D) films have been grown by pulsed laser depositio
n using an ArF excimer laser to ablate material from a dense, ultrapur
e graphite rod. Deposition rates have been investigated as a function
of incident pulse energy and of time. The resulting films have been an
alysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and by laser Raman spectr
oscopy, and their electron emission characteristics tested. We confirm
the potential of a-D films for use as a cold cathode material. (C) 19
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