Atom probe tomography of electronic materials

TF Kelly, DJ Larson, K Thompson, RL Alvis… - Annu. Rev. Mater …, 2007 - annualreviews.org
The state of application of atom probe tomography to electronic materials is assessed. The
benefits and challenges of the technique are discussed with regard to its impact on this field …

Advance in multi-hit detection and quantization in atom probe tomography

GD Costa, H Wang, S Duguay, A Bostel… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The preferential retention of high evaporation field chemical species at the sample surface in
atom-probe tomography (eg, boron in silicon or in metallic alloys) leads to correlated field …

Atomic scale characterization of GaInN/GaN multiple quantum wells in V-shaped pits

S Tomiya, Y Kanitani, S Tanaka, T Ohkubo… - Applied Physics …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
High-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy and atom probe
tomography of the V-shaped pits in GaInN/GaN multiple quantum wells have revealed that a …

Effect of Pt addition on Ni silicide formation at low temperature: Growth, redistribution, and solubility

K Hoummada, C Perrin-Pellegrino… - Journal of Applied …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The formation of Ni silicide during the reaction between Ni (5% Pt) and a Si (100) substrate
has been analyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), in situ x-ray diffraction (XRD) …

Snowplow effect and reactive diffusion in the Pt doped Ni–Si system

O Cojocaru-Mirédin, D Mangelinck, K Hoummada… - Scripta materialia, 2007 - Elsevier
The redistribution of Pt after heat treatment at 290° C for 1h has been analyzed by large-
angle atom probe tomography assisted by femtosecond laser pulses. Two silicides Ni2Si …

In-situ observation of non-hemispherical tip shape formation during laser-assisted atom probe tomography

S Koelling, N Innocenti, A Schulze, M Gilbert… - Journal of Applied …, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
It is shown by SEM imaging of the tip and by observing the emission pattern of the
evaporated atoms that laser assisted evaporation in an atom probe can lead to …

[KÖNYV][B] Handbook of Solid State Diffusion: Volume 2: Diffusion Analysis in Material Applications

A Paul, S Divinski - 2017 - books.google.com
Handbook of Solid State Diffusion, Volume 2: Diffusion Analysis in Material Applications
covers the basic fundamentals, techniques, applications, and latest developments in the …

High depth resolution analysis of Si/SiGe multilayers with the atom probe

S Koelling, M Gilbert, J Goossens, A Hikavyy… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
The laser assisted atom probe has been proposed as a metrology tool for next generation
semiconductor technologies requiring subnanometer depth resolution. In order to support its …

Atom probe analysis of III–V and Si-based semiconductor photovoltaic structures

BP Gorman, AG Norman, Y Yan - Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2007 - cambridge.org
The applicability of atom probe to the characterization of photovoltaic devices is presented
with special emphasis on high efficiency III–V and low cost ITO/a-Si: H heterojunction cells …

Femtosecond field ion emission by surface optical rectification

A Vella, B Deconihout, L Marrucci, E Santamato - Physical review letters, 2007 - APS
We show that a model based on the surface optical rectification effect associated with the
nonlinear response of free electrons may explain quantitatively, without adjustable …