e ion beam induced charge (IBIC) technique is a scanning microscopy technique which uses nely focused MeV ion beams as probes to measure and image the transport properties of semiconductor materials and devices. Its success stems from the combination of three main factors: the rst is strictly technical and lies in the availability of laboratories and expertise around the world to provide scanning MeV ion beams focused down to submicrometer spots. e second reason stems from the peculiarity of MeV ion interaction with matter, due to the ability to penetrate tens of micrometers with reduced scattering and to excite a high number of free carriers to produce a measurable charge pulse from each incident ion. Last, but not least, is the availability of a robust theoretical model able to extract from the measurements all the parameters for an exhaustive characterization of the semiconductor. is paper is focused on these two latter issues, which are examined by reviewing the current status of IBIC by a comprehensive survey of the theoretical model and remarkable examples of IBIC applications and of ancillary techniques to the study of advanced semiconductor materials and devices.

Semiconductor Characterization by Scanning Ion Beam Induced Charge (IBIC) Microscopy

VITTONE, Ettore
2013-01-01

Abstract

e ion beam induced charge (IBIC) technique is a scanning microscopy technique which uses nely focused MeV ion beams as probes to measure and image the transport properties of semiconductor materials and devices. Its success stems from the combination of three main factors: the rst is strictly technical and lies in the availability of laboratories and expertise around the world to provide scanning MeV ion beams focused down to submicrometer spots. e second reason stems from the peculiarity of MeV ion interaction with matter, due to the ability to penetrate tens of micrometers with reduced scattering and to excite a high number of free carriers to produce a measurable charge pulse from each incident ion. Last, but not least, is the availability of a robust theoretical model able to extract from the measurements all the parameters for an exhaustive characterization of the semiconductor. is paper is focused on these two latter issues, which are examined by reviewing the current status of IBIC by a comprehensive survey of the theoretical model and remarkable examples of IBIC applications and of ancillary techniques to the study of advanced semiconductor materials and devices.
2013
2013
ID 637608
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Ion Beam Induced Charge; Semiconductor characterization
Ettore Vittone
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