ELEMENT DEPTH PROFILING OF IMPLANTED SAMPLES

A. P. Kobzev

Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Moscow Region, Russia


Nuclear techniques, namely Rutherford Back Scattering (RBS) and Elastic Recoil Detection (ERD) have been used in the analysis of the implanted samples. The sensitivity of the RBS method depends on the atomic number of the implanted elements as Z2. Thus, there is a possibility of measuring very low concentrations of heavy ions implanted in a light matrix. The depth profile of oxygen was obtained using elastic resonance in the nuclear reaction 16O(4He, 4He) 16O at 3.045 MeV of 4He ions. The ERD technique was applied to obtain the depth profile of hydrogen. Some problems concerning the roughness of the implanted samples are discussed as well.