Electronic Stopping Powers For Heavy Ions In SiC And SiO2

Journal Article · Fri Jan 24 04:00:00 EST 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics, 115(4):Article No. 044903

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861642· OSTI ID:1130201

Jin, Ke; Zhang, Y.; Zhu, Zihua; Grove, David A.; Xue, H.; Xue, Jianming; Weber, William J.

Accurate information on electronic stopping power is fundamental for broad advances in materials science, electronic industry, space exploration, and sustainable energy technologies. In the case of slow heavy ions in light targets, current codes and models provide significantly inconsistent predictions, among which the Stopping and Range of Ions in Matter (SRIM) code is the most commonly used one. Experimental evidence, however, has demonstrated considerable errors in the predicted ion and damage profiles based on SRIM stopping powers. In this work, electronic stopping powers for Cl, Br, I, and Au ions are experimentally determined in two important functional materials, SiC and SiO2, based on a single ion technique, and new electronic stopping power values are derived over the energy regime from 0 to 15 MeV, where large deviations from the SRIM predictions are observed. As an experimental validation, Rutherford backscattering spectrometry (RBS) and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) are utilized to measure the depth profiles of implanted Au ions in SiC for energies from 700 keV to 15MeV. The measured ion distributions by both RBS and SIMS are considerably deeper than the SRIM predictions, but agree well with predictions based on our derived stopping powers.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1130201
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-101004; 47459; KP1704020
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, 115(4):Article No. 044903, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics, 115(4):Article No. 044903
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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