Evaluation of the depth resolutions of Auger electron spectroscopic, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic and time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometric sputter depth profiling techniques |
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Authors: | J.Y. Wang U. Starke |
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Affiliation: | a Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Heisenbergstrasse 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany b Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany |
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Abstract: | Concentration-depth profiles of sputter-deposited Si/Al multilayered specimens were determined by model fitting to measured data obtained by depth profiling, using Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and time-of-flight secondary-ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). The model used for calculation of the concentration-depth profile accounts for the broadening (“smearing”) upon experimental depth profiling owing to the effects of atomic mixing, preferential sputtering, surface roughness and information depth of either the Auger electrons (for AES depth profiling) or the photoelectrons (for XPS depth profiling) or the secondary ions (for SIMS depth profiling). The depth resolution for each technique was derived directly from the values determined for the fitting parameters in the model. |
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Keywords: | Auger electron spectroscopy X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Secondary ion mass spectroscopy Depth profiling Depth resolution Sputtering induced roughness Si/Al multilayer |
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