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Integration Of SIMS Into A General Purpose IBA Data Analysis Code

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3586104· OSTI ID:21513366
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  1. Instituto Tecnologico e Nuclear, E.N. 10, Sacavem 2686-953 (Portugal)
  2. Association Euratom-TEKES, VTT, PO box 1000, 02044 VTT, Espoo (Finland)
  3. Euratom/CCFE Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, OX14 3DB (United Kingdom)

IBA techniques such as RBS, ERDA, NRA, or PIXE are highly complementary, and are often combined to maximize the extracted information. In particular, they have different sensitivities to various elements and probe different depth scales. The same is true for secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), that can have much better detection limits for many species. Quantification of SIMS data normally requires careful calibration of the exact system being studied, and often the results are only semi-quantitative. Nevertheless, when SIMS is used together with other IBA techniques, it would be highly desirable to integrate the data analysis. We developed a routine to analyse SIMS data, and implemented it in NDF, a standard IBA data analysis code, that already supported RBS, ERDA, resonant and non-resonant NRA, and PIXE. Details of this new routine are presented in this work.

OSTI ID:
21513366
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1336; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English