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ULTRAMICROSCOPY
Volume 111, Issue 6, Pages 562-566Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.12.013
Keywords
Atom probe; Oxides; Laser assisted field evaporation
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- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- World Premier International (WPI) Research Center Initiative on Materials Nanoarchitronics, MEXT, Japan
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We have investigated the laser assisted field evaporation phenomena of ZnO, and MgO to explore the feasibility of quantitative three dimensional atom probe analyses of insulating oxides. To assist the field evaporation of these oxides, the usage of short wavelength 343 nm ultraviolet (UV) laser was found to be more effective than 515 nm green laser. We observed field ion microscopy (FIM) image expansion and mass peak shifting when 343 nm laser was irradiated on MgO. This phenomenon can be attributed to the laser induced electron excitation which causes the reduction of the resistivity of the specimen. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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