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Publication
LACA 1994
Conference paper
Surface Chemical Analysis on Diamond C(111) by IR Sum Frequency Generation and Second Harmonic Generation Spectroscopy
Abstract
Infrared sum frequency generation (SFG) and second harmonic generation (SHG) has found widespread use as surface sensitive probes [1]. As second order nonlinear processes, SFG and SHG are forbidden in the bulk of centrosymmetric media but allowed at its interface where the symmetry is broken. We have used the techniques to study adsorption of H and CHX on diamond. In particular, with the help of a tunable infrared laser, the infrared-visible SFG allows us to measure in-situ surface vibrational spectra and hence identify the adsorbed species. The results provide us with useful insight about possible mechanisms governing the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process for diamond growth. © 1994 Optical Society of America