title: New Cs sputter ion source with polyatomic ion beams for secondary ion mass spectrometry applications.
abstract: A simple design for a cesium sputter ion source compatible with vacuum and ion-optical systems as well as with electronics of the commercially available Cameca IMS-4f instrument is reported. This ion source has been tested with the cluster primary ions of Si(n)(-) and Cu(n)(-). Our experiments with surface characterization and depth profiling conducted to date demonstrate improvements of the analytical capabilities of the secondary ion mass spectrometry instrument due to the nonadditive enhancement of secondary ion emission and shorter ion ranges of polyatomic projectiles compared to atomic ones with the same impact energy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Warwick Conventry, UK.
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Belykh
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Palitsin
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Veryovkin
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kovarsky
authors.forename: R J H
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adriaens
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Dowsett
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D002586:Cesium; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D020450:Heavy Ions; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014159:Transducers
chemical_list: D002586:Cesium