An analytical formula and important parameters for low-energy ion sputtering
- 1 May 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 51 (5), 2861-2865
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.327954
Abstract
Sputtering yields for different ions and materials at low ion energies have a similar energy dependence. Due to this similarity, yield data can be characterized by a normalized energy function and two parameters for each ion target combination. One of these parameters is the threshold energy. An energy scaling can be based on this parameter. The other parameter is a multiplication factor. Both parameters depend mainly on the ion and target mass M1 and M2 and on the surface binding energy EB. An analytic expression for the normalized functions and both the parameters is given. This empirical relation also allows an estimate of unknown sputtering data, if M1, M2, and EB are noted. A physical interpretation of the empirical relation is given for the case M1≪M2, as in this case special collision processes which dominate the sputtering can be identified.Keywords
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