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Damage profiles of Si (001) surface via Ar cluster beam sputtering
Author(s) -
Kyoung Yong Koo,
Lee Hyung Ik,
Chung Jae Gwan,
Heo Sung,
Lee Jae Cheol,
Cho Young Joon,
Kang Hee Jae
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.4917
Subject(s) - sputtering , argon , ion , atomic physics , ion beam , cluster (spacecraft) , beam (structure) , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , materials science , thin film , optics , physics , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , chromatography , computer science , programming language
Damage profiles on Si (001) surface via argon gas cluster ion beam sputtering and mono‐atomic argon ion beam sputtering were investigated using medium energy ion scattering. The surface thickness damaged by Ar cluster ion beam sputtering was approximately 10 nm for 20 keV, 6.4 nm for 10 keV, and 4.2 nm for 5 keV and the composition of the implanted Ar atoms was 0.2 at% for 20 keV and 0.1 at% for both 10 and 5 keV. The surface thickness damaged by Ar ion beam sputtering was approximately 5.3 nm for 1 keV, 8.5 nm for 2 keV, and 12 nm for 3 keV and the maximum Ar concentration of the implanted Ar atoms in the Si substrate was 5.5 at% for 1 keV, 5.8 at% for 2 keV, and 7.8 at% for 3 keV. The depth of the damaged layers after Ar ion sputtering on Si (001) is proportional to the in‐depth distribution of the implanted primary Ar ions. The depth of the damaged layer after the Ar cluster ion beam sputtering did not depend on the implanted Ar atoms because the implanted Ar atoms are negligible. Understanding the details about the damage process via Ar cluster ion beam sputtering can be useful for the practical surface analysis. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.