Patent ID: 8440268

Claim:
A method for growing a plasma atomic layer, comprising at least: a first step of supplying a source gas containing an organic compound onto a surface of a heated substrate, thereby forming an adsorption layer in which the organic compound is adsorbed onto the surface of the substrate in a film forming chamber which accommodates a monopole antenna; a second step of removing the source gas from inside the film forming chamber after the supply of the source gas is stopped; and a third step of injecting a reactant gas containing a reactant substance into the film forming chamber, and supplying a high-frequency wave to the monopole antenna to generate a plasma of the reactant gas, thereby producing an atomic substance, and combining the atomic substance with the adsorption layer, thereby forming a compound layer, in which the adsorption layer is combined with the reactant substance, on the substrate, wherein the reactant substance oxidizes or nitrides the adsorption layer and a distance between the monopole antenna and the substrate in the third step is longer than the distance between the monopole antenna and the substrate in the first step.