INVESTIGATION OF SILICON TRANSPORT IN THE NEUTRAL BACKGROUND OF A PLASMA ACTIVATED REACTIVE EVAPORATION SYSTEM

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HIGGINS, B
DURANDET, A
BOSWELL, R
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JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B | 1995年 / 13卷 / 02期
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10.1116/1.587996
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The transport of silicon vapor from an electron-beam evaporation source through argon and hydrogen gas in pressures near 1.0 mTorr has been studied. The flux-distance relationships for the effusion/diffusion of the evaporant through the device are found to vary with the type of filling gas. The investigation includes both a simple theoretical model and experiment. The results of each study are in good agreement. Cross sections for the energy-averaged momentum transfer collisions of silicon with the filling gases (argon, hydrogen) at thermal energies have been determined.
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