Resolving Common Element Problem by Using Different Lines in Fundamental Parameters Method Multilayer Thin Film Analysis

1994 ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Liangyuan Feng
1993 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Liangyuan Feng

The presence of one or more common elements in different layers often complicates or hampers the analysis of a multilayer thin film system. Some constraints or preconditions are usually required in order to reach a mathematical solution. For example, either the concentration(s) of the common element(s) in, or the thickness(es) of one of the relevant layers must be known.An alternative approach is the use of more than one analyzing line for the element in question. Although this approach has long been proposed, there have been no detailed studies seen in literature. An attraction of using this approach is that it requires no prior knowledge of either the concentration or the thickness. The author has implemented this approach, and studied in detail its feasibility and pitfalls for practical applications.


1992 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 279-286
Author(s):  
Liangyuan Feng

Since more than a decade ago, the topic of multilayer thin film analysis using Fundamental Parameters (FP) method has been addressed by many authors. However, as a general approach to the implementation of this method, an iteration must be applied directly with the theoretical equations. In many cases, this procedure can become very time-consuming and sometimes cause divergence problems, especially when a complicated layer structure is involved or some special requirement for the analysis must be satisfied. In this work we adopted a new approach to the analysis of some types of multilayer thin films, which is conceptually similar to die well known theoretical alphas method used in bulk sample analysis in the sense that they all use FP theoretical calculations to establish mathematical relationships between the XRF intensity and the quantities of interest.


1971 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 191-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Picraux ◽  
F. L. Vook

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Stoffer ◽  
George D. Weddill ◽  
Thomas O'Keefe ◽  
Richard Brow ◽  
Matt O'Keefe

Author(s):  
G. Dollinger ◽  
M. Boulouednine ◽  
T. Faestermann ◽  
P. Maier-Komor

Vacuum ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 37 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 289-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
RE Thurstans ◽  
J Wolstenholme

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