Sputter depth profile analysis of interfaces

S Hofmann - Reports on Progress in Physics, 1998 - iopscience.iop.org
Beginning with some introductory remarks about aims and scope, historical background and
present state of the art, a brief survey of the technique of sputter depth profiling is given. The …

B-Doped δ-Layers and Nanowires from Area-Selective Deposition of BCl3 on Si(100)

KJ Dwyer, S Baek, A Farzaneh, M Dreyer… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Atomically precise, δ-doped structures forming electronic devices in Si have been routinely
fabricated in recent years by using depassivation lithography in a scanning tunneling …

Depth resolution in sputter profiling revisited

S Hofmann, Y Liu, W Jian, HL Kang… - Surface and Interface …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Based on a brief review of the well‐established framework of definitions, measurement and
evaluation principles of the depth resolution in sputter profiling for interfaces, delta layers …

MCsn+-SIMS: An innovative approach for direct compositional analysis of materials without standards

B Saha, P Chakraborty - Energy Procedia, 2013 - Elsevier
This review primarily deals with the compensation of 'matrix effect'in secondary ion mass
spectrometry (SIMS) for direct quantitative analysis of materials using MCs+-SIMS approach …

Sputter-depth profiling for thin-film analysis

S Hofmann - … Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 2004 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Following a brief historical background, the concepts and the present state of sputter–depth
profiling for thin–film analysis are outlined. There are two main branches: either the removed …

Analytical and numerical depth resolution functions in sputter profiling

S Hofmann, Y Liu, JY Wang, J Kovac - Applied surface science, 2014 - Elsevier
Quantification of sputter depth profiles is frequently done by fitting the convolution integral
over concentration and depth resolution function to the experimental results. For a thin delta …

Investigation of boron incorporation in delta doped diamond layers by secondary ion mass spectrometry

MA Lobaev, AM Gorbachev, AL Vikharev, VA Isaev… - Thin Solid Films, 2018 - Elsevier
Boron incorporation into ultra-thin boron doped epitaxial grown diamond layers of thickness
of 1 to 2 nm was investigated. Time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy was used to …

Improved depth resolution of secondary ion mass spectrometry profiles in diamond: A quantitative analysis of the delta-doping

A Fiori, F Jomard, T Teraji, G Chicot, E Bustarret - Thin Solid Films, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, we used the depth resolution function (DRF) of the secondary ion mass
spectrometry (SIMS) to deconvolve the boron depth profile of nanometer-thin embedded …

Quantitative SIMS depth profiling of Al in AlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMT structures with nanometer‐thin layers

PA Yunin, YN Drozdov, MN Drozdov… - Surface and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The possibilities of quantitative secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) depth profiling of Al
in AlxGa1− xN/AlN/GaN transistor heterostructures are shown. Using a series of test …

Synchronized B and 13C diamond delta structures for an ultimate in-depth chemical characterization

A Fiori, F Jomard, T Teraji, S Koizumi… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The nanometer-range depth resolution of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) profiles
in diamond was achieved by the determination of the depth resolution function (DRF). The …