简介:ANewmethod,namedatmosphericpressureplasmapolishing,fortheultra-smoothmachiningofthesiliconbasedmaterialsisintroduced.ByinputtingtheCF4gasintotheatmosphericpressureplasmaflame,highdensityreactiveradicalswillbegenerated,whichwillthenreactwiththesiliconbasedmaterials.ThereactionproductisthevaporizationoftheSiF4,whichcanbeeasilyprocessed.Inthisway,theatomicscalematerialremovalcanberealizedandthedefectfreeultra-smoothsurfacecanbeobtained.Anexperimentalsetupisbuiltup,andtheSiCpolishingexperimentiscarriedout.TheAFMtestresultshowsthatthefinishedsurfaceroughness(Ra)canbeimprovedfrom4.529nmto0.926nmin3minutes.