Fluid simulation of the pulsed bias effect on inductively coupled nitrogen discharges for low-voltage plasma immersion ion implantation

Planar radio frequency inductively coupled plasmas(ICP) are employed for low-voltage ion implantation processes,with capacitive pulse biasing of the substrate for modulation of the ion energy. In this work, a two-dimensional(2D) selfconsistent fluid model has been employed to investigate the influence of the pulsed bias power on the nitrogen plasmas for various bias voltages and pulse frequencies. The results indicate that the plasma density as well as the inductive power density increase significantly when the bias voltage varies from 0 V to-4000 V, due to the heating of the capacitive field caused by the bias power. The N+fraction increases rapidly to a maximum at the beginning of the power-on time, and then it decreases and reaches the steady state at the end of the glow period. Moreover, it increases with the bias voltage during the power-on time, whereas the N_2~+ fraction exhibits a reverse behavior. When the pulse frequency increases to 25 kHz and40 kHz, the plasma steady state cannot be obtained, and a rapid decrease of the ion density at the substrate surface at the beginning of the glow period is observed.     

有限尺寸方靶等离子体离子注入动力学的三维粒子模拟研究

采用三维粒子模拟模型研究了有限尺寸方靶等离子体浸没离子注入过程中的鞘层动力学行为,得到了鞘层尺寸和方靶表面的注入剂量、注入能量以及注入角度等信息,并与二维无限长方靶注入结果进行了对比.模拟结果表明,与无限长方靶不同,有限尺寸方靶周围鞘层很快扩展为球形,但鞘层厚度明显减小.在模拟的50ω^-1_pi时间尺度内靶表面注入剂量很不均匀,中心区域注入剂量最小,四个边角附近位置注入剂量最大.这种剂量不均匀性是由于鞘层扩展为球形,使得鞘层内离子被聚焦并注入到边角附 关键词： 等离子体浸没离子注入 数值模拟 三维粒子模拟 有限尺寸方靶     

Ag implantation-induced modification of Ni–Ti shape memory alloy thin films

Nanocrystalline thin films of Ni–Ti shape memory alloy are deposited on an Si substrate by the DC-magnetron co-sputtering technique and 120?keV Ag ions are implanted at different fluences. The thickness and composition of the pristine films are determined by Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS). X-Ray diffraction (XRD), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and four-point probe resistivity methods have been used to study the structural, morphological and electrical transport properties. XRD analysis has revealed the existence of martensitic and austenite phases in the pristine film and also evidenced the structural changes in Ag-implanted Ni–Ti films at different fluences. AFM studies have revealed that surface roughness and grain size of Ni–Ti films have decreased with an increase in ion fluence. The modifications in the mechanical behaviour of implanted Ni–Ti films w.r.t pristine film is determined by using a Nano-indentation tester at room temperature. Higher hardness and the ratio of higher hardness (H) to elastic modulus (E_r) are observed for the film implanted at an optimized fluence of 9?×?10¹⁵ ions/cm². This improvement in mechanical behaviour could be understood in terms of grain refinement and dislocation induced by the Ag ion implantation in the Ni–Ti thin films.     

Annealing effect on planar waveguides in LiNbO3 produced by oxygen ion implantation

We reported on planar waveguides in stoichiometric lithium niobate fabricated by 4.5 MeV oxygen ion implantation with a dose of 6 × 10¹⁴ ions/cm² at room temperature. After ion implantation, these samples were annealed at 240 °C, 260 °C, and 300 °C for 30 min. We investigated annealing effect on the guiding modes and near-field images in the waveguides by prism-coupling method and end-face coupling method respectively. We found that for the extraordinary refractive index a positive alternation occurred in the near-surface region while a negative alternation happened at the end of ion track. Moreover, we measured the transmission spectra for the pure sample and implanted samples before and after annealed at different temperatures, and we observed an absorption peak at ∼480 nm (2.6 eV) in all of these SLN samples.     

注入Si中的稀土离子Er3+的光学特性

用离子注入方法,将稀土离子Er3+注入到n-Si单晶中,通过对其低温(77K)光致发光光谱的测量,研究其光学特性.结果表明,注入剂量控制在1×1012cm-2～1×1015cm-2范围,退火温度控制在900℃～1100℃时,样品的主要发光峰值位于1.54μm左右.研究了样品的光致发光光谱随注入剂量、退火温度的变化关系,给出峰值在1.54μm附近的未分辨开的谱线的半宽为16.4meV.     

UV-Raman scattering study of lattice recovery by thermal annealing of Eu -implanted GaN layers

Lattice recovery of Eu-implanted GaN has been studied by means of Raman scattering under UV excitation. GaN epilayers implanted at 300 keV with doses ranging from 2×10¹⁴ to 4×10¹⁵ cm⁻² and subsequently annealed at 1000 C for 20 min show an increasing degree of disorder as the implantation dose increases. Higher temperature annealings up to 1300 C were also investigated in samples having an AlN capping layer. Disorder related modes, observed in samples annealed at 1000 C, disappear at higher annealing temperatures, indicating an incomplete lattice recovery at 1000 C. The Raman scattering spectra show resonant A₁(LO) multiphonon scattering up to sixth order, whose relative intensities depend on the implantation dose. The intensity ratios between multiphonon peaks observed for the highest implantation doses suggest a spread of the resonance, which could be related to a heterogeneous strain distribution, also indicative of incomplete lattice recovery.     

半圆形容器等离子体源离子注入过程中离子动力学的两维PIC计算机模拟

利用两维particle-in-cell方法研究了半圆形容器表面等离子体源离子注入过程中鞘层的时空演化规律. 详尽考察了鞘层内随时间变化的电势分布和离子密度分布规律,离子在鞘层中的运动轨迹和运动状态,得到了半圆容器内、外表面和边缘平面上各点离子注入剂量分布规律,获得了工件表面各点注入离子的入射角分布规律. 研究结果揭示了半圆容器边缘附近鞘层中离子聚焦现象,以及离子聚焦现象导致工件表面注入剂量分布和注入角度分布存在很大不均匀的基本物理规律. 关键词： 等离子体源离子注入 鞘层 两维particle-in-cell方法 离子运动轨迹     

Influence of ion species ratio on grid-enhanced plasma source ion implantation

Grid-enhanced plasma source ion implantation (GEPSII) is a newly proposed technique to modify the inner-surface properties of a cylindrical bore. In this paper, a two-ion fluid model describing nitrogen molecular ions N_2^+ and atomic ions N^+ is used to investigate the ion sheath dynamics between the grid electrode and the inner surface of a cylindrical bore during the GEPSII process, which is an extension of our previous calculations in which only N_2^+ was considered. Calculations are concentrated on the results of ion dose and impact energy on the target for different ion species ratios in the core plasma. The calculated results show that more atomic ions N^+ in the core plasma can raise the ion impact energy and reduce the ion dose on the target.     

Implantation of the 111In/Cd Probe as InO− Ion for Radioisotope Tracer Studies

A radioisotope ion implanter has been developed using a cesium-sputtering, negative ion source, which offers versatility and sustained operation. Employing the molecular ¹¹¹In¹⁶O⁻ ion, μCi activities of the radioisotope probe ¹¹¹In/Cd have been implanted into different material hosts. The implanted tracer activity has been shown to be sufficient for LTNO, NMRON and PAC. A new NMRON resonance for ¹¹¹InAg was observed at 75.08 MHz. In₂O₃ powder performed well as the radioisotope carrier in the ion source, with the ratio of radioisotope and parasitic ion current being typically 4 × 10⁻⁴.     

Structure and micro-mechanical properties of helium-implanted layer on Ti by plasma-based ion implantation

The present paper concentrates on structure and micro-mechanical properties of the helium-implanted layer on titanium treated by plasma-based ion implantation with a pulsed voltage of −30 kV and doses of 3, 6, 9 and 12 × 10¹⁷ ions/cm², respectively. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy are employed to characterize the structure of the implanted layer. The hardnesses at different depths of the layer were measured by nano-indentation. We found that helium ion implantation into titanium leads to the formation of bubbles with a diameter from a few to more than 10 nm and the bubble size increases with the increase of dose. The primary existing form of Ti is amorphous in the implanted layer. Helium implantation also enhances the ingress of O, C and N and stimulates the formations of TiO₂, Ti₂O₃, TiO, TiC and TiN in the near surface layer. And the amount of the ingressed oxygen is obviously higher than those of nitrogen and carbon due to its higher activity. At the near surface layer, the hardnesses of all implanted samples increases remarkably comparing with untreated one and the maximum hardness has an increase by a factor of up to 3.7. For the samples implanted with higher doses of 6, 9 and 12 × 10¹⁷ He/cm², the local displacement bursts are clearly found in the load-displacement curves. For the samples implanted with a lower dose of 3 × 10¹⁷ He/cm², there is no obvious displacement burst found. Furthermore, the burst width increases with the increase of the dose.