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. 2014 Mar 18;46(10-11):936–939. doi: 10.1002/sia.5429

Table 1.

Compilation of the results for the ONA reference material for different liquid metal ion gun and 2.5 keV Ar gas cluster ion beams measuring conditions

LMIG Ar-GCIB Sputter yield volume Depth resolution
Cluster size Sputter time (s) Averageb SD
(s) (nm3) (nm) (nm)
Bi3+ 30 keV 620 2 21.96 9.93 0.41
830 2 21.15 10.28 1.27
1000 2 20.61 10.70 1.06
1250 2 19.62 10.88 1.15
1660 2 17.07 10.50 1.62
Bi5+
30 keV
620 2 20.78 10.60 0.48
830 2 21.63 10.33 0.30
1000 2 20.88 10.33 0.48
1250 2 20.87 10.78 0.29
1660 2 20.07 9.95 0.37
Bi3+ 15 keV 620 2 21.77 9.93 0.54
830 2 20.86 10.08 0.61
1000 2 20.10 10.08 0.51
1250 2 20.05 9.98 0.89
1660 2 18.39 9.93 0.39
Bi3+ 15 keV 620 1 n.a.c n.a.c n.a.c
830 1 21.99 9.75 0.75
1000 1 20.48 10.08 0.91
1250 1 20.33 10.03 1.02
1660 1 18.35 9.83 0.96
Bi3+ 15 keV 620 int.a 19.84 10.33 1.00
830 int.a 19.38 9.85 0.84
1000 int.a 20.29 10.45 0.70
1250 int.a 20.00 10.10 0.61
1660 int.a 19.13 10.10 1.48

LMIG, liquid metal ion gun; GCIB, gas cluster ion beams.

a

Interlaced mode.

b

Average of the four marker layer.

c

Omitted due to unstable operating conditions.