Change of surface composition of SiO2 layers during sputtering
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 45 (6), 2777-2779
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1663667
Abstract
The composition of thin SiO2 films was measured in situ by MeV He+ backscattering spectrometry after sequential sputtering with 2‐keV Ar ions. Results indicate that the relative concentration of the constituents in the film changes during sputtering. However, differential analysis showed that after an initial period the ratio of the removed constituents agrees with the original composition. We interpret the change in composition with an existing model according to which only the composition of a thin surface layer changes due to the dissimilar sputtering ratios of the two constituents, while the composition in the remainder of the specimen is unchanged.Keywords
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