Ion beam composition in ion source based on magnetron sputtering discharge at extremely low working pressure.

In an ion source based on a pulsed planar magnetron sputtering discharge with gas (argon) feed, the fraction of metal ions in the ion beam decreases with decreasing gas pressure, down to the minimum possible working pressure of the magnetron sputtering discharge. The use of a supplementary vacuum arc plasma injector provides stable operation of the pulsed magnetron sputtering discharge at extremely low pressure and without gas feed. Under these conditions, the pressure dependence of the gaseous ion fraction displays a maximum (is nonmonotonic).

Improvement of the night sleep quality by electrocutaneous subthreshold stimulation synchronized with the slow wave sleep.

Changes in sleep characteristics were studied under the non-wake-up stimulation with current pulses of less than 1 µA on average, applied to the palmar surface skin receptors during Δ-sleep. A significant increase in duration of the first and second cycles of deep sleep has been found, as well as a shorter latent period before the Δ-sleep onset and a longer time of the rapid sleep (REM phase). The sleep structure improvement was accompanied by the reduced reactive anxiety and depression and an increase in subjective physical efficiency.

Molecular ion sources for low energy semiconductor ion implantation (invited).

Smaller semiconductors require shallow, low energy ion implantation, resulting space charge effects, which reduced beam currents and production rates. To increase production rates, molecular ions are used. Boron and phosphorous (or arsenic) implantation is needed for P-type and N-type semiconductors, respectively. Carborane, which is the most stable molecular boron ion leaves unacceptable carbon residue on extraction grids. A self-cleaning carborane acid compound (C4H12B10O4) was synthesized and utilized in the ITEP Bernas ion source resulting in large carborane ion output, without carbon residue. Pure gaseous processes are desired to enable rapid switch among ion species. Molecular phosphorous was generated by introducing phosphine in dissociators via 4PH3 = P4 + 6H2; generated molecular phosphorous in a pure gaseous process was then injected into the HCEI Calutron-Bernas ion source, from which P4(+) ion beams were extracted. Results from devices and some additional concepts are described.

Polymorphism of Metallic Sodium under Nanoconfinement.

(23)Na NMR studies of sodium nanoparticles confined to porous glass with the 3.5 nm mean pore size were carried out. The emergence of the second component of the NMR line was observed below 240 K that evidences the occurrence of another modification of metallic sodium. The phase transition temperature is much higher than the martensite transformation temperature in bulk sodium.

Gas feeding molecular phosphorous ion source for semiconductor implanters.

Phosphorus is a much used dopant in semiconductor technology. Its vapors represent a rather stable tetratomic molecular compound and are produced from one of the most thermodynamically stable allotropic forms of phosphorus-red phosphorus. At vacuum heating temperatures ranging from 325 °C, red phosphorus evaporates solely as P4 molecules (P4/P2 ∼ 2 × 10(5), P4/P ∼ 10(21)). It is for this reason that red phosphorus is best suited as a source of polyatomic molecular ion beams. The paper reports on experimental research in the generation of polyatomic phosphorus ion beams with an alternative P vapor source for which a gaseous compound of phosphorus with hydrogen - phosphine - is used. The ion source is equipped with a specially designed dissociator in which phosphine heated to temperatures close to 700 °C decomposes into molecular hydrogen and phosphorus (P4) and then the reaction products are delivered through a vapor line to the discharge chamber. Experimental data are presented reflecting the influence of the discharge parameters and temperature of the dissociator heater on the mass-charge state of the ion beam.

Molecular phosphorus ion source for semiconductor technology.

This paper presents results on the generation of molecular phosphorus ion beams in a hot filament ion source. Solid red phosphorous is evaporated mainly as tetra-atomic molecules up to a temperature of 800°C. Thus, one of the main conditions for producing maximum P(4)(+) fraction in the beam is to keep the temperature of the phosphorous oven, the steam line and the discharge chamber walls no greater than 800°C. The prior version of our ion source was equipped with a discharge chamber cooling system. The modified source ensured a P(4)(+) ion beam current greater than 30% of the total beam current.

Self-heated hollow cathode discharge system for charged particle sources and plasma generators.

This paper presents the results of experimental studies of a new design of discharge system using a self-heated hollow cathode. The discharge system offers certain advantages that are attractive for use in high-dose ion implantation, plasma generators, and plasma electron sources.

Experimental comparison of time-of-flight mass analysis with magnetic mass analysis.

A series of experiments was carried out in which both a magnetic analyzer (mass separator) and a time-of-flight (TOF) spectrometer were used for ion charge/mass spectral analysis of the ion beam formed by a dc Bernas ion source made for semiconductor implantation. The TOF analyzer was a detachable device that provides rapid analysis of charge-to-mass composition of moderate energy ion beams. The magnetic analyzer was a massive device using a 90 degrees -sector bending magnet with radius of the central orbit of 35 cm. Comparison of these two methods for measuring ion beam composition shows good agreement.

Ion sources for energy extremes of ion implantation.

For the past four years a joint research and development effort designed to develop steady state, intense ion sources has been in progress with the ultimate goal to develop ion sources and techniques that meet the two energy extreme range needs of meV and hundreads of eV ion implanters. This endeavor has already resulted in record steady state output currents of high charge state of antimony and phosphorus ions: P(2+) [8.6 pmA (particle milliampere)], P(3+) (1.9 pmA), and P(4+) (0.12 pmA) and 16.2, 7.6, 3.3, and 2.2 pmA of Sb(3+)Sb(4+), Sb(5+), and Sb(6+) respectively. For low energy ion implantation, our efforts involve molecular ions and a novel plasmaless/gasless deceleration method. To date, 1 emA (electrical milliampere) of positive decaborane ions was extracted at 10 keV and smaller currents of negative decaborane ions were also extracted. Additionally, boron current fraction of over 70% was extracted from a Bernas-Calutron ion source, which represents a factor of 3.5 improvement over currently employed ion sources.