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Preferential sputtering in quantitative sputter depth profiling of multi-element thin films

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THIN SOLID FILMS
卷 721, 期 -, 页码 -

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2021.138545

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Preferential sputtering; Quantitative depth profiling; Mixing-roughness-information depth model; Multi-element thin films; Mass conservation

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  1. South African Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology
  2. National Research Foundation of South Africa [84415]
  3. Shantou University [NTF18021]
  4. Optics and Photoelectronics Project [2018KCXTD011]

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This study discusses the impact of preferential sputtering on the depth profile of multi-element thin films and quantitatively evaluates this influence within the framework of the MRI model. Additionally, the conservation of mass in multi-element structures during depth profiling is investigated.
Preferential sputtering plays an important role in the quantification of measured depth profiles. The distortion of the measured depth profile as compared to the original one has to be evaluated upon preferential sputtering in depth profiling. In the framework of the mixing-roughness-information depth (MRI) model, the influences of preferential sputtering on the depth profile of multi-element thin films are quantitatively evaluated as demonstrated for a layered structure of three elements with different sputtering rates and subsequent interfaces as A/BC/A. Moreover, the mass conservation upon Auger electron spectroscopy/X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy depth profiling of multi-element structure is discussed with respect to the preferential effect. Finally, as an example, the measured glow discharge optical emission spectroscope depth profiling data of 60x(3.0 nm Mo/0.3 nm B4C/3.7 nm Si)/Si(111) multilayer structure are quantitatively evaluated using the extended MRI model.

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