Theoretical study of the charge transfer and electron emission in the scattering of He+ by an AlF3 surface

Experimental results of electron emission from surfaces of aluminum fluoride impacted by keV noble gas ions (He+, Ne+, Ar+) show a high-energy structure that increases in intensity with ion energy in the case of He+ and Ar+ and is nearly independent on the impact energy for Ne+ ions. It is also obse...

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Autores: Iglesias Garcia, Adalberto de Jesus, González, C., Goldberg, Edith Catalina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/37989
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/37989
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ion Scattering
Electron Emision
Aluminum Fluoride
Dynamical Processes
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:Experimental results of electron emission from surfaces of aluminum fluoride impacted by keV noble gas ions (He+, Ne+, Ar+) show a high-energy structure that increases in intensity with ion energy in the case of He+ and Ar+ and is nearly independent on the impact energy for Ne+ ions. It is also observed that this high-energy secondary electron peak is less pronounced in the case of impact by Ar+. While ion-induced electron emission in metal surfaces is relatively well understood, in the case of wide band-gap insulators, such as metal fluorides, the nature of high-energy excitations is still an open question. In this work, we propose a mechanism of high-energy electron emission strongly linked to the ion neutralization process and the collision induced excitation of the electrons in the solid.