Deep depth profiling using gas cluster secondary ion mass spectrometry: Micrometer topography development and effects on depth resolution

Author(s):  
Shin Muramoto ◽  
Daniel J. Graham
Author(s):  
М.Н. Дроздов ◽  
Ю.Н. Дроздов ◽  
А.В. Новиков ◽  
П.А. Юнин ◽  
Д.В. Юрасов

AbstractNew data concerning the influence of a probing beam of bismuth ions on the depth resolution in elemental depth profiling by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) have been obtained on a TOF.SIMS-5 system using the principle of two separate ion beams. It is established that the existing criterion of nondestructive character of the probing beam, on which this principle is based, is insufficient. Additional processes must be taken into account so as to formulate a more adequate criterion. A regime of depth profiling is proposed that allows the depth resolution to be improved at low energies of sputtering ions.


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