摘要:
In a method of measuring a thin film sample of irradiating an electron beam to a thin film sample, detecting a generated secondary electron and measuring a film thickness of the thin film sample by utilizing the secondary electron, it is provided that the film thickness is measured accurately, in a short period of time and easily even when a current amount of the irradiated electron beam is varied. An electron beam 2b is irradiated, and a generated secondary electron 4 is detected by a secondary electron detector 6. A calculated value constituted by an amount of a secondary electron detected at a film thickness measuring region and an amount of a secondary electron detected at a reference region is calculated by first calculating means 11. A film thickness of the film thickness measuring region can be calculated from a calibration data of a standard thin film sample and the calculated value calculated by a sample 5.
摘要:
Problems to be solved by the present invention are to present a technique for preliminarily working a sample, which makes a place, that is desired to be analyzed, of a device into an acicular protrusion by locally cutting out the place, and to provide, even if the sample is a sample of a multilayer structure containing element layers whose evaporation electric fields are small in later-mentioned circumstances, a technique for making a stable ion evaporation in order possible, thereby making an SAP analysis at an atomic level possible. A preliminarily working of a sample for an atom probe apparatus of the invention comprises a step of cutting out a sample's desired observation site to a block-like form by using an FIB apparatus, a step of carrying and fixing the block-like cut-out sample onto a sample substrate, and a step of working the block-like sample fixed onto the sample substrate into a needle tip shape by an FIB etching. Further, the sample worked into the needle tip shape is formed such that a layer direction of a multilayer structure becomes parallel to a longitudinal direction of a needle.
摘要:
In a thin film sample measuring method wherein a thin film sample is irradiated with an electron beam, a generated secondary electron is detected and a film thickness of the thin film sample is measured by using the secondary electron, the film thickness is accurately and easily measured in a short time even when a current quantity of the applied electronic beam is fluctuated. The electron beam (2b) is applied, and the generated secondary electron (4) is detected by a secondary electron detector (6). A calculation value configured with a secondary electron quantity detected in a film thickness measuring area and a secondary electron quantity detected in a reference area is calculated by a first calculating means (11). The film thickness of the film thickness measuring area can be calculated from the standard data of a reference thin film sample and the calculation value obtained from a sample (5).
摘要:
Sputtering etching process is effected using a first focused ion beam (101) to produce a thin piece and concurrently, irradiation of the thin piece with a second focused ion beam (102) is effected from a direction parallel to the side wall thereof to make a scanning ion microscopic observation to measure the thickness of the thin piece. And, when it is ascertained that the thickness of the thin piece has a predetermined value, the processing with focused ion beam is completed.
摘要:
A method for forming a diamond like carbon structure utilizing the formation thereof through chemical decomposition of a gas of a hydrocarbon such as phenanthrene (C14H10) or pyrene (C16H10) by a focused ion beam, wherein use is made of an apparatus having gas nozzles and a structure to confine the gas on a substrate for producing and maintaining a high partial pressure of the gas locally in the vicinity of the substrate, and the irradiation condition for the ion beam is controlled with a focused ion beam current of 0.1 to 10 pA and so as for a speed of growth of the diamond like carbon structure to have a value ranging 0.5 to 5 μm/min. The method can be used for controlling the hardness of an ultra-high strength elastic diamond like carbon formed over a relatively wide range including a very high hardness.