Abstract
A model is proposed for a new damage creation mechanism in a silicon crystal during ion implantation when the incoming ion has a very high energy. This damage is created through scattering by electrons as opposed to the screened coulomb scattering by the incoming ion which accounts for conventional damage creation. The model is based on relativistic kinematics and the threshold energies for the damage created in this manner are compared with other high energy effects for a standard set of dopant atoms. This damage mechanism is shown to not constitute a problem for envisioned device applications of high energy ion implantation.