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Title: Further development of a facility for channeling studies: application to lattice location

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6588873· OSTI ID:6588873

Equipment modifications at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) Rutherford backscattering facility, including the addition of a high precision goniometer, have been made to enhance the performance of channeling experiments. The angular divergence of the alpha particle beam was also reduced to <0.05/sup 0/ by improving the collimation. To demonstrate improved channeling capability angular scans were performed about the (100), (110), and (111) axial channels of a 3400 A (100) silicon membrane. Both the minimum yield, chi/sub min/, and the critical angle, psi/sub 1/2/, were consistent with accepted values. A preliminary investigation of the lattice location of cobalt on the (100) silicon surface was undertaken. Approximately 4.5 x 10/sup 15/ Co atoms/cm/sup 2/ were electron beam deposited on a 3900 A, HF etched silicon membrane in a system using oilless pumps. Preliminary channeling data taken approximately one month later indicated a preferred site for approximately 16% of the cobalt atoms. Channeling data obtained six months later with the new goniometer showed no evidence for a preferred site. Room temperature oxidation between experiments was observed and is thought to have affected the location of the cobalt atoms. 33 references, 15 figures.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6588873
Report Number(s):
LBL-18185; ON: DE84016890
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products. Thesis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English