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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
The emission of negative cluster ions in sputtering Si, Ge and their oxides has been investigated by time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry using Cs+ ions at different energies for sputtering and Ga+ at 25 keV for analysis. In GeO2 the most intense signals come from the O−n ≤ 2 and GeO−n = 2,3 clusters. The mass spectrum of GeO2 is therefore very similar to that of SiO2 where the most intense signals are related to the O−n ≤ 2 and SiO−n = 2,3 clusters. A full spectrum approach has been applied to study the variation of the ionization probability in the different matrices when reducing the Cs+ ion energy, i.e. increasing the cesium concentration at the surface. In all the matrices, the total number of atoms in the ionized fraction of the sputtered flux increases when increasing the cesium content at the surface. Despite these variations in GeO2 (SiO2) the fractions of germanium (silicon) and oxygen in the ionized …
Publisher: 
North-Holland
Publication date: 
30 Jul 2006
Authors: 

M Perego, S Ferrari, M Fanciulli

Biblio References: 
Volume: 252 Issue: 19 Pages: 7236-7238
Origin: 
Applied surface science