Novel Method for Measuring Intensity Distribution of Focused Ion Beams

Abstract
We have developed a method for directly measuring the diameter of finely-focused ion beams from the response of the secondary electron emission that is obtained when the focused ion beam is scanned across the boundary of an AlGaAs/GaAs junction. Si and Be ion beams with diameters of less than 0.1 µm have been measured with an accuracy of 5% by this method. Thus, this technique is found useful for monitoring beam diameter during the maskless implantation process. Actually, this technique has been used for monitoring the diameters of Be and Si ion beams for the implantation of those beams into GaAs.

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