Width, structure and stability of sheaths in metal plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition: measurements and analytical considerations

作者: André Anders

DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(00)01017-3

关键词:

摘要: Abstract The size, dynamics, and stability of electric sheaths around substrates immersed in vacuum arc plasmas were investigated using positively biased probes. conditions are applicable to metal plasma immersion ion implantation deposition (MePIIID). It was found that due the high density velocity, sheath is very thin at upstream side substrate. Its thickness scales approximately with 1 mm kV −1 for but data can also be fitted theoretical (bias voltage) 3/4 law. reaches fast (

参考文章(20)
James Dillon Cobine, J. M. Lafferty, Vacuum arcs : theory and application Wiley. ,(1980)
E Hantzsche, Theory of the expanding plasma of vacuum arcs Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. ,vol. 24, pp. 1339- 1353 ,(1991) , 10.1088/0022-3727/24/8/017
Blake P. Wood, Displacement current and multiple pulse effects in plasma source ion implantation Journal of Applied Physics. ,vol. 73, pp. 4770- 4778 ,(1993) , 10.1063/1.353841
C. Wieckert, A Multicomponent Theory of the Cathodic Plasma Jet in Vacuum Arcs Beiträge aus der Plasmaphysik. ,vol. 27, pp. 309- 330 ,(1987) , 10.1002/CTPP.19870270502
William D. Davis, H. Craig Miller, Analysis of the Electrode Products Emitted by dc Arcs in a Vacuum Ambient Journal of Applied Physics. ,vol. 40, pp. 2212- 2221 ,(1969) , 10.1063/1.1657960
G. A. Emmert, M. A. Henry, Numerical simulation of plasma sheath expansion, with applications to plasma‐source ion implantation Journal of Applied Physics. ,vol. 71, pp. 113- 117 ,(1992) , 10.1063/1.350740
IG Brown, X Godechot, Kin Man Yu, Novel metal ion surface modification technique Applied Physics Letters. ,vol. 58, pp. 1392- 1394 ,(1991) , 10.1063/1.104318
R. A. MacGill, M. R. Dickinson, A. Anders, O. R. Monteiro, I. G. Brown, Streaming metal plasma generation by vacuum arc plasma guns Review of Scientific Instruments. ,vol. 69, pp. 801- 803 ,(1998) , 10.1063/1.1148718
I. G. Brown, O. R. Monteiro, M. M. M. Bilek, High voltage sheath behavior in a drifting plasma Applied Physics Letters. ,vol. 74, pp. 2426- 2428 ,(1999) , 10.1063/1.123869
Andre Anders, Simone Anders, Ian G Brown, Michael R Dickinson, Robert A MacGill, Metal plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition using vacuum arc plasma sources Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures. ,vol. 12, pp. 815- 820 ,(1994) , 10.1116/1.587351