Ion-Beam Mixing in Layered Systems
E. M. Zubarev
National Technical University ‘Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute’, 21 Frunze Str., UA-61002 Kharkiv, Ukraine
Received: 25.01.2010. Download: PDF
Thickness of silicide phases at Mo-on-Si and Si-on-Мо interfaces increases identically and linearly with a dose of irradiation at the small doses (by He$^{+}$ ions to $\Phi \leq 5\cdot10^{20}$ ion/m$^2$ and Ar$^{+}$ ions to $\Phi \leq 1.3\cdot10^{18}$ ion/m$^2$). Mean atomic composition of amorphous intermixed zones corresponds to alloys of MoSi$_{8.2}$ and MoSi$_{3.9}$ compositions under the irradiation by He$^{+}$ and Ar$^{+}$ ions, respectively. Density of the amorphous intermixed areas decreases when the irradiation dose increases. There are two areas corresponding to weak dependence ($T_{irr} \leq 260°C$) and strong dependence ($T_{irr} > 260°C$) of ion-beam mixing of Mo/Si multilayered structures irradiated by He$^{+}$ on irradiation temperature. Activation energies of the ion-beam mixing are equal $Q_{1} \approx 0.02$ eV и $Q_{2} \approx 0.5$ for the indicated areas, respectively. The features of the ion-beam mixing are explained by mixing in collision subcascades.
Keywords: multilayer periodic structure, ion-beam mixing, collision cascade, small-angle X-ray diffractometry, electron microscopy.
PACS: 07.85.Jy, 61.05.cf, 61.05.cm, 61.80.-x, 68.37.Lp, 68.65.Ac, 81.15.Jj
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/ufm.11.02.175
Citation: E. M. Zubarev, Ion-Beam Mixing in Layered Systems, Usp. Fiz. Met., 11, No. 2: 175—207 (2010) (in Russian), doi: 10.15407/ufm.11.02.175