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Surface and Interface Analysis of Thin-Film/Si(Substrate) Contacts by Sxes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

C. Heck ,
M. Kusaka ,
M. Hirai ,
H. Nakamura ,
M. Iwami  and
H. Watabe
C. Heck
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan.
M. Kusaka
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan.
M. Hirai
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan.
H. Nakamura
Affiliation:
Osaka Electro-Communication University, Hatsu, Neyagawa 572, Japan.
M. Iwami
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory for Surface Science, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan.
H. Watabe
Affiliation:
Matsushita Research Institute Inc., 3-10-1 Higashi-mita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214, Japan.
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Abstract

A soft X-ray emission spectroscopy(SXES) study under an energetic electron irradiation has been applied to a nondestructive buried interface analysis of a thin-film(e.g., Cr)/Si(substrate) contact system, where the energy of primary electrons, Ep , is less than 20keV. An interesting point of this method is that we can have a specific signal for an element to be used as a finger print, otherwise it is difficult. By using this e-beam excited SXES, we can study an interface buried deep in a rather thick overlayer, e.g., more than a hundred of nm, which is due to the fact that a mean free path of a soft X-ray or an X-ray production depth is much larger than the mean free path of an energetic electron in solids. Electronic structural study of silicides by SXES is also shown.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 448: Symposium M – Control of Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces , 1996 , 377
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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