Issue |
EPL
Volume 82, Number 3, May 2008
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Article Number | 30006 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | General | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/82/30006 | |
Published online | 17 April 2008 |
A comprehensive Monte Carlo calculation of dopant contrast in secondary-electron imaging
1
Department of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield - Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK, EU
2
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Sheffield - Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK, EU
Received:
11
December
2007
Accepted:
20
March
2008
Two-dimensional dopant mapping using secondary electrons in a scanning electron microscope is a useful and rapid technique for studying dopant distributions with high spatial resolution in semiconductor materials and devices. However, it has not yet found widespread application because the quantification of dopant concentrations currently lacks a firm theoretical model. This paper addresses the issue by means of Monte Carlo modelling. We demonstrate that by taking account of the electron affinity in Monte Carlo simulations to calculate the secondary-electron emission from doped silicon the dopant contrast can be explained. This paper also provides a firm theoretical model about the existence of surface effects in dopant contrast imaging.
PACS: 02.70.Uu – Applications of Monte Carlo methods / 79.20.Hx – Electron impact: secondary emission
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