Characterization of the noise in secondary ion mass spectrometry depth profiles
- 15 December 1996
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 80 (12) , 7104-7107
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.363722
Abstract
The noise in the depth profiles of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) is studied using different samples under various experimental conditions. Despite the noise contributions from various parts of the dynamic SIMS process, its overall character agrees very well with the Poissonian rather than the Gaussian distribution in all circumstances. The Poissonian relation between the measured mean-square error and mean can be used to describe our data in the range of four orders. The departure from this relation at high counts is analyzed and found to be due to the saturation of the channeltron used. Once saturated, the detector was found to exhibit hysteresis between rising and falling input flux and output counts.All Related Versions
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