A highly sensitive quartz-crystal microbalance for sputtering investigations in slow ion-surface collisions

被引:58
作者
Hayderer, G [1 ]
Schmid, M [1 ]
Varga, P [1 ]
Winter, HP [1 ]
Aumayr, F [1 ]
机构
[1] Vienna Tech Univ, Inst Allgemeine Phys, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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10.1063/1.1149979
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
A quartz-crystal microbalance technique for measuring total sputter yields in ion-surface collisions is described. The electronic circuit to drive the quartz crystal ensures low noise and high frequency stability. By measuring total sputter yields for impact of singly charged ions on LiF target films a sensitivity limit of 0.5% of a monolayer per minute could be achieved. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0034-6748(99)03509-1].
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页码:3696 / 3700
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