Reversible Ion Induced Modification of Consequent Secondary Electron Emission in Porous Silicon

We report measurements of secondary electron emission (SEE) induced by electron and ion bombardment on porous silicon (PS). We found that electron induced emission is strongly reduced by ion bombardment, and that this reduction is reversible. The reduction effect is large even for ion fluxes much lo...

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Autores: Ruano Sandoval, Gustavo Daniel, Ferron, Julio, Koropecki, Roberto Roman
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/26159
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/26159
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Secondary electrons
Porous silicon
Ion bombardment
nanostructure
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Sumario:We report measurements of secondary electron emission (SEE) induced by electron and ion bombardment on porous silicon (PS). We found that electron induced emission is strongly reduced by ion bombardment, and that this reduction is reversible. The reduction effect is large even for ion fluxes much lower compared to that of the electron beam.<br />We attribute this effect to changes in the charge distribution of the surface dipole originated in the difference between ion and electron charge deposition depths. The nanostructure of PS plays an important role in this effect as well as in the reversibility of the process. We think that this effect could be useful in the dynamic centering and monitoring of ion and electron beams in electron spectroscopy.