Ionenstrahlätzen – Verfahren und Ausrüstungen für die Mikrostrukturierung

Ion beam techniques are widely used jur modification as well us analysis of materials in development and production of VLSI circuits and their importance is continuously increased in course of the reduction of structure dimensions. Some possibilities and problems connected with the application of ion beams of low energy in the pattern transfer are- described and the stage of development achieved in the Central Institute of Isotope and Radiation Research is outlined.     

Aufbau und Erprobung von Flächenstrahlungsquellen als Sekimdärnormale zur Prüfung von Kontaminationsmeßgeraten für Betastrahler und zur Beglauhigung von Flächenstrahlungsquellen als Normale

Zur Prüfung von Kontaminationsmeβgeräten und zur Beglaubigung von Flächenstrahlungsquellen als Normale wurden im Deutscheti Amt für Meβwesen und Warenprüfung zwei Sälze von Flächenstrahlungsquellen mil den Betastrahlen ⁹⁰Sr/⁹⁰Y, ²⁰¹Tl und ⁶⁰Co angefertigt. Durch das dabei verwendete Herstellungsverfahren, bei dem je ein Tropfen rudioakliver Lösung in ein Feld eines vorgegebenen Rasters gebracht wurde, konnte eine sehr gleichmäβige Verteilung der akliven Substanz über die Quellenfläche erreicht und eine unmiltelbare Bestimmung der Flächenaktivitätswerte ermöglicht werden. Der besondere Aufbau der Flächenstrahlungsquellen geslatlet es, auf einfache Weise Meβfehler bei Kontaminationsme βgeräten, die durch das Material der Unterlage, auf dem sich die aktive Substanz befindet, und durch die Dicke der akliven Schicht hervorgerufen tcerden, zu erfassen oder zu eliminieren.     

Reduzierung des Störstrahlungseinflusses bei der Elementanalyse nach dem (n, γ)-Verfahren mit Neutronengenerator

Bei der Elementanaylse mittels Szintillalionsspektrometrie im Ausgangskanal der (n, γ)-Reaktion tritt ein hoher Linienuntergrund auf. Dieser Untergrund lafit läβt herabsetzen durch Puhung des Neutronengenerators (Plasyna-Pulsung), zweckmäβige Dimensionierung der Meβanordnung und Optimierung des Meβzeilintervalls.     

Dickenmeßgeräte für die Automatisierung von Kaltbandwalzwalzwerken

Nach einem kurzen Vergleich verschiedener Meßverfahren werden die speziellen Probleme beim Einsatz von Dickenmeßgeräten mit radioaktiven Nukliden in autoautomatischen Walzanlagen dargelegt. An Hand der Forderungen nach konstanter Empfindlichkeit, geringer Meßunsicherheit, Fernbedienbarkeit, leistungsstarker Ausgangsgröße und optimalem Zeitverhalten wird die Konzeption der Flächengewichtsmeßgerate VA-T-74 und VA-T-75 beschrieben. Die wichtigsten Daten werden mitgeteilt.     

Extraction of intense beams from ECR ion sources and electrostatic acceleration

High-space charge effects and problems related to beam transport are discussed in the context of an electron cyclotron-resonance ion sources extraction and pre-acceleration low emittance line (which works as the injector of a new superconducting Radio Frequency Quadruple (RFQ) under commissioning at Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL)) at several values of the extracted beam current. In the extractor, both the cases of short-range magnetic fringe field (virtual source approximation) and large-range fringe field are simulated. Analytical expression of ion flow and plasma sheaths are easily incorporated in the charged fluid approach and in numerical modeling with three-dimensional simulation programs, which can treat several coupled field variables and lower space dimension (known as multiphysics codes). Advantages of flexibility and of representation of finer details are remarked. Effects of plasma potential and extraction hole thickness (0.5 mm) on the plasma meniscus can be resolved, even in the context of a simulation including 1 m long objects. An example of beam injection into an acceleration tube is also given; results are consistent with the tube-design goals and with the experimentally observed parameters.     

两类超Tu族的自相容源和守恒律

基于两类不同的Lie超代数和超迹恒等式, 建立了两类超可积Tu族的自相容源方程. 另外, 还建立了两类超可积Tu族的无穷守恒律. 特别地, 费米变量在超可积系统里面起了重要作用, 它不同于一般的可积系统.     

On the interaction of a beam of polar molecules with a static and a resonant RF field as a source of molecular interferences

A molecular beam interference model is presented based on a two-state interaction between a polar molecule and a resonant RF field as it occurs in the so-called C-field of a typical molecular beam electric resonant spectrometer. The treatment shows the onset of interferences in the beam transmission spectra as well as in its transverse profile. It is demonstrated how the molecular interferences are originated by the wavefunction phase shift introduced by the resonant RF field. Furthermore it is shown that for a given beam velocity and oscillating field frequency the fringes’ visibility depends on the strength of the RF field, i.e. the Rabi frequency, in the transmission spectra. Likewise the presence of a RF field gradient in the perpendicular beam direction gives rise to a peak structure in the transverse beam profile. The theoretical model was applied to simulate a variety of beam transmission spectra under resonant conditions as well as some experimental data already published by our group showing a satisfactory agreement between experimental and simulated data. Finally, the potentiality of this internal state molecular interferometer to carry out studies in matter-wave interferometry is remarked.     

Neutron- and muon-induced background in underground physics experiments

Background induced by neutrons in deep underground laboratories is a critical issue for all experiments looking for rare events, such as dark matter interactions or neutrinoless ββ decay. Neutrons can be produced either by natural radioactivity, via spontaneous fission or (α, n) reactions, or by interactions initiated by high-energy cosmic rays. In all underground experiments, Monte Carlo simulations of neutron background play a crucial role for the evaluation of the total background rate and for the optimization of rejection strategies. The Monte Carlo methods that are commonly employed to evaluate neutron-induced background and to optimize the experimental setup, are reviewed and discussed. Focus is given to the issue of reliability of Monte Carlo background estimates. We dedicate this work to the memory of our friend and colleague Nicola Ferrari, who prematurely passed away in July 2006.     

Mitigation of loss within a molecular Stark decelerator

The transverse motion inside a Stark decelerator plays a large role in the total efficiency of deceleration. We differentiate between two separate regimes of molecule loss during the slowing process. The first mechanism involves distributed loss due to coupling of transverse and longitudinal motion, while the second is a result of the rapid decrease of the molecular velocity within the final few stages. In this work, we describe these effects and present means for overcoming them. Solutions based on modified switching time sequences with the existing decelerator geometry lead to a large gain of stable molecules in the intermediate velocity regime, but fail to address the loss at very low final velocities. We propose a new decelerator design, the quadrupole-guiding decelerator, which eliminates distributed loss due to transverse/longitudinal couplings throughout the slowing process and also exhibits gain over normal deceleration to the lowest velocities.