Published August 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy selective scanning electron microscopy to reduce the effect of contamination layers on scanning electron microscope dopant mapping

  • 1. Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
  • 2. FEI Electron Optics, Achtseweg Noord 5, Acht, 5600 KA Eindhoven (Netherlands)
  • 3. Universita di Trento, via Mesiano 77, I-38123 Trento (Italy)
  • 4. Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Science (LISC), FBK and University of Trento, via Sommarive 18, Povo, I-38123 Trento (Italy)

Description

We demonstrate that energy selective scanning electron microscopy can lead to substantial dopant contrast and resolution improvements (compared to standard SEM) when the energy selection is carried out based on Monte Carlo modelled secondary electron spectra in combination with detector transfer modelling.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.04.008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.04.008;
PII
S0304-3991(10)00116-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ultramicroscopy (Amsterdam)
Journal Volume
110
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 1185-1191
ISSN
0304-3991
CODEN
ULTRD6

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
44102946
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DOPED MATERIALS; ELECTRON SPECTRA; LAYERS; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; MICROSCOPY; SEMIMETALS; SIMULATION; SPECTRA

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