کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5466758 1518300 2017 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Atom probe tomography analysis of SiGe fins embedded in SiO2: Facts and artefacts
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی مواد فناوری نانو (نانو تکنولوژی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Atom probe tomography analysis of SiGe fins embedded in SiO2: Facts and artefacts
چکیده انگلیسی
We present atom probe analysis of 40 nm wide SiGe fins embedded in SiO2 and discuss the root cause of artefacts observed in the reconstructed data. Additionally, we propose a simple data treatment routine, relying on complementary transmission electron microscopy analysis, to improve compositional analysis of the embedded SiGe fins. Using field evaporation simulations, we show that for high oxide to fin width ratios the difference in evaporation field thresholds between SiGe and SiO2 results in a non-hemispherical emitter shape with a negative curvature in the direction across, but not along the fin. This peculiar emitter shape leads to severe local variations in radius and hence in magnification across the emitter apex causing ion trajectory aberrations and crossings. As shown by our experiments and simulations, this translates into unrealistic variations in the detected atom densities and faulty dimensions in the reconstructed volume, with the width of the fin being up to six-fold compressed. Rectification of the faulty dimensions and density variations in the SiGe fin was demonstrated with our dedicated data treatment routine.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Ultramicroscopy - Volume 179, August 2017, Pages 100-107
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