A source of hyperthermal neutrals for materials processing
作者:
M. J. Goeckner,
T. K. Bennett,
S. A. Cohen,
期刊:
Applied Physics Letters
(AIP Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 71,
issue 7
页码: 980-982
ISSN:0003-6951
年代: 1997
DOI:10.1063/1.119706
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
In this letter, we describe a unique method of producing hyperthermal neutrals for material processing. The hyperthermal neutrals are produced by accelerating ions across a sheath from a plasma onto a surface. On impact, the ions are neutralized and reflected with∼50&percent;of their incident energy. These neutrals then bounce off of additional surfaces prior to impacting the target. This unique multiple bounce system was developed for the following reasons: to reduce contamination from sputtered surface material, improve beam uniformity, and reduce UV radiation in the beam path. As a test of this method, we built a prototype beam source and used it to ash photoresist at rates up to 0.022 &mgr;m/min. These rates are consistent with a predicted neutral beam flux,2×1014 cm−2 s−1.In addition, a simple model is used to indicate that this method is capable of producing economically acceptable ash rates. Comparisons with other neutral-beam production methods are made. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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