期刊
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
卷 289, 期 -, 页码 77-80出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.10.102
关键词
RBS; Calcium fluoride; Sputtering; Surface modifications
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资金
- UFUP project
In the present work thin films of CaF2 deposited on Si substrate by electron beam evaporation have been investigated for swift heavy ions induced sputtering and surface modifications. Glancing angle X-ray Diffraction (GA)(RD) measurements show that the pristine films are polycrystalline in nature and the grain size increases with increase in film thickness. Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) of pristine as well as irradiated films was performed to determine the sputter yield of CaF2 and a decrease in sputter yield has been observed with increase in film thickness. Thermal spike model has been applied to explain this. The confinement of energy in the grains having size smaller than the electron mean free path (lambda) results in a higher sputtering yield. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies of irradiated CaF2 thin films show formation of cracks on film surface at a fluence of 5 x 10(12) ions/cm(2). Also RBS results confirm the removal of film from the surface and more exposure of substrate with increasing dose of ions. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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