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Influence of the charge state of 1.16 MeV/u incident ions
on the desorption process
S. Della-Negra, O. Becker, R. Cotter, Y. Le Beyec, B. Monart, K. Standing,
K. Wien
To cite this version:
Influence of the
charge
state
of 1.16
MeV/u incident ions
on
the
desorption
process
S.
Della-Negra,
O.Becker(*),
R.Cotter(**),
Y. LeBeyec,
B.Monart,
K.Standing
(***)
and K. Wien(*)
Institut de
Physique
Nucléaire, B.P. N° 1, F-91406 Orsay, France(*)
Institut fürKernphysik,
Darmstadt, F.R.G.(**)
JohnHopkins University,
School of Medicine, Baltimore, U.S.A.(***) University
of Manitoba,Winnipeg,
Canada(Reçu
le 9 juin 1986, revise le 3 octobre, accept6 le 10 octobre1986)
Résumé. 2014 L’accélérateur linéaire d’ions lourds de l’Institut de
Physique
Nucléaired’Orsay
a été utilisé pour étudier l’influence de l’état decharge
incident qi
desprojectiles (ions
Ne, Ar, Kr de 1,16MeV/u)
sur l’émissionionique
secondaire àpartir
de films minces solidesorganiques
etinorganiques.
Le rendement d’émissionionique
dépend
fortement de l’état decharge qi
de l’ion incident mais aussi de la nature duprojectile
(numéro
atomique).
La variation du rendement d’emission entre les trois types deprojectiles
est de laforme y ~
q4eq, qeq
étant pourchaque
projectile
lacharge d’équilibre
calculée à l’intérieur du matériau. Abstract. 2014The
heavy
ion linear accelerator of the Institut dePhysique
Nucléaire has been used tostudy
the influence of theprojectile charge
state qi onsecondary
ion emission. Ions of Ne, Ar or Kr with avelocity
of 1.16 MeV/u bombarded thin films oforganic
andinorganic
solids. Theexperimental
arrangement is described. The ion emissionyield
isstrongly dependent
on thecharge
state of the incidention qi
and of its atomic number(nature
of theprojectile).
The emissionyield
between the three types ofprojectiles
varies asq4eq
where qeq is theequilibrium
charge
state within the material for eachprojectile.
ClassificationPhysics
Abstracts 79.20When a
heavy
ion of several MeV/u strikes thesurface and
penetrates
the interior of aninsulating
solid,
a great deal ofdamage
is createdalong
the ion track. The incidentparticle
loses energypredomi-nantly
through
its interaction with the electrons of thesolid,
and much of this energy remains localized. The zone, wherepermanent
complete
damage
of thesurrounding
bulk material isobserved,
has a radius of a few tens ofAngstroms
depending
on thespecific
energy loss and the type of material
[1, 2].
Theregion
of small defects(«
extendeddefects »)
is however much greater with a radius of several hundredAngstroms.
Effects of the bombardmentare
particularly
noticeable on thesurface,
where variousparticles
may beejected
such as for instance atoms, atomic clusters or morecomplex
structures like verylarge organic
moleculescontaining
severalhundred atoms
[3-6].
Experimental
studies of the influence of variousentrance channel
parameters
on thedesorption
process have
already
been carried outusing
beamsfrom
heavy
ion accelerators[7-10].
Measurementshave been made over a
large
mass range(N
toU),
as well as some measurements athigh
energy(up
to 5Mev/u)
forprojectiles
of intermediate mass. These haveyielded fairly complete
results on the behaviour of thesecondary
ionyields
as a function of theprimary
ionvelocity [11].
Thedesorption
processesdepend
in acomplex
way on thedE/dx
of the ion inthe material and thus on the
charge
of the incident ion. A variation of several orders ofmagnitude
inyield
betweennitrogen
and uranium has been ob-served inexperiments
at G.S.I. Darmstadt[10].
It seemed
particularly interesting
toexploit
theproperties
of theOrsay heavy
ion linear accelerator(the injector
forALICE)
incontinuing
such studies. This machine can accelerate alarge
range of ions(from
12C
to109 Ag
or134Xe)
and its energy of262
1.16 Mev/u is close to the value where the
desorption
yield
is maximum[5, 9,11]. Experiments
complemen-tary to the
previous
measurements[10]
have therefore been undertaken atOrsay,
in collaboration with theDarmstadt group.
Here we describe the overall
experimental
method,
andpresent
resultsillustrating
the influenceof the incident ion
charge
state on thesecondary
ionemission from the surface. We have examined thin
deposits
oforganic
molecules as well asinorganic
targets,
such as thin films of CSI.1.
Experimental
method.1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION. - The ion beam from
the linear accelerator is focused onto an area of several
mm2
on a very thin carbon foil( -
20JLg/cm2)
at thecentre of a reaction chamber. In
passing through
the foil the ions lose a certain number of electrons and emerge with a distribution ofcharge
states.Figure
1 shows the distributions measuredby
E. Baron[12]
forthe ions used here
(Ne,
Ar andKr).
Fig.
1. -Charge
distribution afterpasing
through
a20
wglcm2
carbon foil and measured after themagnetic
analyser
(from
Ref.[12]).
At 50 cm from the centre of the chamber there is a slit of variable width
(2
to 10mm).
It is mounted on asliding
window which serves as the entrance port of amovable
magnet
(radius
=0.8 m,
Bmax
= 1.5tesla).
The
angle
of thismagnet
entrance slit withrespect
to the centre of the chamber can be set veryprecisely,
so it ispossible
toaccept
the beamelastically
scatteredthrough
a well-definedangle.
The beamintensity
is controlledby
varying
theangle (usually
5°).
The different
charge
states of the scattered ion beamcan be
separated
by
varying
themagnetic
field. Measurement of themagnetic
fieldstrength
determines thecharge
state selected.The energy of the beam scattered
through
agiven
angle
can be calculatedclassically
(elastic scattering) ’
and for the small
angles
used(a
fewdegrees)
the energy of the scattered ions is close to the incident energy.Likewise the energy loss in the carbon foil is small
( ~
1 MeV for84Kr).
Figure
2 shows a schematicdiagram
of the exper-imental arrangement(magnet
+spectrometer).
At theexist of the
magnet
there is a device formeasuring
andviewing
thebeam,
then thetime-of-flight
spectrometer.Figure
3 shows a schematicdiagram
of the spec-trometer, which hasalready
been described in re-ference[9].
DetectorDl,
whichusually
measures thetime of arrival of the
primary
ions in order to determine theirvelocity,
is used here to control andadjust
thescattered beam
intensity
beforestarting
anexperiment.
During
measurements this detector is swung out of the beam to theposition
shown.Fig.
2. - General view of theexperimental equipment.
Fig.
3. - Schematicdiagram
of the apparatus formeasuring
secondary
ions and electrons.Secondary
ionsejected
from thetarget
areacceler-ated
by
a finegrid
at apotential
of 6kV,
then recordedby
detectorD4,
apair
of microchannelplates.
Thisprovides
the « stop »signal
formeasuring
theirDetector D3 is a 150 um Si detector which is used to
monitor the incident beam after it passes
through
thetarget. The
signal corresponding
to the arrival of eachprimary
ion at the Si detectorprovides
the « start »signal
formeasuring
thetime-of-flight
of thesecondary
ions. Detector D3 also measures theprimary
ionenergy, so it is
possible
to set a coincidence window inthe energy
spectrum.
Secondary
ions are thus recordedonly
when thecorresponding primary
ion has thecorrect energy. This is
particularly important
when the selected ion beam is ratherimpure,
as shown infigure
4. It was foundpossible
to reduce theparasitic
peaks
greatly
by adjusting
theoperating
parameters of theaccelerator,
but in any case the coincidence window selectedonly
those eventsproduced by
primaries
of the correct energy.Fig.
4. -Ion energy spectrum measured with a silicon detector. The peak
corresponding
to Kr5 + is indicated in thefigure together
with the limits of the coincidence window.The
following
table shows the ions and the selectedcharge
states for the firstexperiments
carried out withthis
experimental
arrangement.
Thin
deposits
of caesium iodide andphenylalanine
(C9H11O2N)
wereprepared by
vacuumevaporation
onto aluminized
mylar.
The thickness of thedeposits
was - 2 000A
so as to obtain ahomogeneous
target.
The ions emittedby
bombardment withprimary
ions of several MeV/u are well known and exhibitcharacteris-tic
peaks
in thetime-of-flight
spectrum
[9,10].
Positive ornegative
ions are detected when the accelerationgrid
is at a
negative
orpositive potential respectively.
Figure
5 shows anexample
of a time offlight
spectrum
obtained from thephenylalanine
target.
The molecularJOURNAL DE PHYSIQUE.-T. 48, N* 2, FTVRIER 1987
Fig.
5. -Example
of a time offlight
mass spectrum for anorganic
solid -phenylalanine
-the molecular ion
( M - H ) -
isclearly
visible. This spectrum is obtained fromonly
about 5 000 Kr ions incident on the target.ion
(M -
H) -
at mass 164 u is one of the dominantpeaks.
1.2 MEASUREMENTS OF SECONDARY ION YIELDS. -The collimators shown in
figure
3 werecarefully
aligned
to ensure that every
primary
ionpassing through
thetarget struck the Si detector. The number of
primary
ions with a selectedcharge
state was obtainedby
integrating
the selectedpeak
in the energyspectrum
of this detector. The number ofsecondary
ions of mass M was obtainedby
integration
of thecorresponding
peak
in the time-offlight
spectrum, coincident with events inthe
primary
energy window. Theyield
is the ratio of the number ofsecondary
ions to the number ofprimary
ions.The
primary
ion beam ispulsed,
with arepetition
frequency
of 24 MHz. In order to avoid a secondprimary
ionstriking
the target after the start of a time intervaltriggered by
agiven
primary
ion,
it was necessary to limit the number ofprimary
ions to1000 per second or less.
The
time-of-flight
measurements of thesecondary
ions were carried out with a timedigitizer
(TDC)
which can accept 255 stopsignals
for each start[13].
However,
if several ions of the same mass areejected
by
agiven
primary
ion,
their times offlight
are the same,and
the TDC deliversonly
asingle
output. The measuredyields
have been corrected for this effectby assuming
a Poisson distribution for the emitted ions. Thefollowing
relation then
gives
the totalyield Y,
for an ion ofgiven
264
Here p
is the overall detectionefficiency
for ions of thegiven
mass. For measurements of the relativeyields
as a function of the incident ioncharge
state, it isnecessary
only
that p
isindependent
of this parameter. For a measuredyield
ym =0.3,
forinstance,
the totalyield yt
reaches0.36,
or for ym = 0.9 it is 2.3.2.
Experimental
results and discussion.During
all theexperiments
thetargets
werekept
inplace
in thespectrometer
and a pressure of10- 6
torrwas maintained with a turbomolecular pump.
2.1 CAESIUM IODIDE TARGET. - The variation of the emission
yield
of thesecondary
ions Cs+ and( CsI )
Cs+ as a function of theprimary
charge,
state is shown infigure
6 for the threetypes
ofprimary
ionsused,
neon, argon andkrypton.
SinceH+ ,
ions arealways
desorbedabundantly,
their emissionyield
is alsogiven
in thefigure.
Theyields
for different incident ions aredirectly comparable.
Fig.
6. - Variation ofdesorption yield
as a function of thecharge
state for the ions H+ Cs+,( CsI )
Cs+ from a caesium iodide target. Allyields
may becompared directly
but theyields
per incidentparticle
areonly
relative. The lines serve asguide
to the eyes.Figure
7 shows similar results fornegative secondary
ions,
including
the ion of mass24 (C2 ),
which isalways
present in thenegative
spectrum. We note thatthe qi dependence
forCi
is very different from the quidependence
for the ions characteristic of the thin filmitself.
The results shows in
figures
6 and 7 for bombardmentof a CsI
target
by primary
ions of well definedcharge
qi showclearly
theimportance
of this parameter in thedesorption
process.Fig.
7. - Variation ofdesorption yield
as a function of thecharge
state for the ionsC2’
I- and( CsI )
J- from a caesium iodide target. See caption tofigure
6.2.2 PHENYLALANINE TARGET. - This molecule was chosen since it had
already
been used inexperiments
studying
the effect of incident ionvelocity
ondesorp-tion
[10].
Moreover,
thin films of thiscompound
can beprepared
withoutaltering
its structure, in contrast to most otherorganic
molecules.Figure
8 shows the variation of emissionyield
for thenegative
molecular ion(M - H) -
as well as for theions H- and 26-
(C2H2
orCN- ).
Figure
9 shows similar results for thepositive
ionsH+,
C+ andNH4
ejected
from the same target. Yields for thepositive
molecular ion( M + H ) +
and for(M - C20H) +
Fig.
8. - Variation ofdesorption yield
as a function of theFig.
9. - Variation ofdesorption
yield as a function of thecharge
state for the ions H+, C+ andNHl
from a film ofphenylalanine.
Seecaption
tofigure
6.were measured
recently using
a differentphenylalanine
target. For all these ions
(and
alsoCs+ ... )
there is a quidependence
which is different withNe,
Ar and Krprojectiles.
Our results agree with those obtained earlierby
other authors[14-16]
for lowcharge
states( qi
13)
andrelatively light projectiles.
Herethe q
dependence
extends tolarger
i values and heavier
projectiles.
Thecomparison
of theyield
curves between the three differentprojectiles
shows alarger
variation ofslope
for lowcharge
states than forhigh
ones.Also,
at the same incident
charge
state, theyields
increase with the atomic number of theprojectile.
However certain ions like
H+, C+,
NH4
(a fragment
from thephenylalanine molecule)
behavedifferently
and have
yields
ya qi n
with n - 4 whatever the incidention. A similar observation was made in the
experiments
at GSI Darmstadt
[17].
Itprobably
indicates that these ionsoriginate
close to thepoint
ofimpact
of theprimary
ion,
where the radiationdamage
islarge.
On the otherhand,
the atomic ions I- orCs+,
and theorganic
molecular ions may come also fromregions
farfrom the
point
ofimpact.
The relation between the energydeposited
in the medium and the emission fromthe surface is then less
direct,
but the effect of theincident ion
charge
is stillclearly
present.
2.3 CHARGE STATES OF THE PRIMARY ION. - The
average
charge
states ofheavy
ions afterpassing
through
thin carbon foils can bepredicted fairly
wellwith the use of
semi-empirical
formulas[12,18-20].
The
charge
distributions,
on the otherhand,
are more difficult topredict
sincethey
candepend
on the atomic shell structure of theprojectile [20].
Although
such distributions can be measuredeasily
after the ion has
passed through
thefoil,
they
give
little information on the distribution function in the interior of thematerial,
which is stillpoorly
known.Indeed,
according
to Betz and Grodzins[22],
thecharge
state ofan ion increases
rapidly
whileleaving
thematerial,
since the excitation of theprojectile
leads to theejection
of severalAuger
electrons. In thispicture,
the meancharge
and theexperimental charge
distribution are the results ofcharge
exchanges
in the interior of the material followedby
de-excitation outside. There willtherefore be
only
arelatively
small variation of thecharge
inside the material.On the other
hand,
thetheory
of Bohr and Lin-dhart[23]
assumes a variation of thecharge
state in thematerial as a result of successive collisions between the
projectile
and the electrons of thetarget
material. An averageequilibrium charge
(qeq)
isexpected
to be reached after a certain distance ofpenetration.
Bohr
[24]
hassuggested
a relation between thecharge
q(x )
and the thickness traversed x :qeq
is the finalequilibrium charge
for the ionconsidered, qi
its initialcharge,
and K is aparameter
which
depends
on theprojectile
and thetarget material,
and which can be determined
experimentally.
However,
experimental
values of K referalways
to thechange
after
passing through
a thickness x of material.The evolution of the
charge
state inside the materialis at present the
object
of theoretical calculations[25],
which should soon beapplicable
to the case ofdesorp-tion in
simple
materials.In
fact,
the influence of thecharge
state of the ion as it passesthrough
the material is also felt on the surfaceand the total
yield depends
in acomplex
way on theenergy loss
dE (x )
/dx
and therefore on q(x )
as a function of the distance x ofpenetration.
As Nieschleret al. have
already
pointed
out[14],
the initialcharge
state acts
only
as a fixedparameter,
and the exper-imental values ofdesorption yields depend
also on the cumulative effect of thecharge exchange
processes in the interior of the medium. The realdependence
on the incidentcharge state qi
is therefore hidden. Forlight
ion
projectiles,
Nieschler et al. concluded from theirmeasurements that the
depth
ofpenetration
belowwhich the effect at the surface was no
longer
apparent
was smaller than the
depth required
to attaincharge
equilibrium. According
to ourpreliminary comparisons
with
theory
forprimary
ions ofhigh
charge
state, the conclusions of Nieschler et al. aremainly
valid forlight
ions,
for which the energy lossesdE/dx
are smaller andfor which the variation of the
charge
state as a functionof the thickness traversed is more
rapid.
The
equilibrium
values of thecharge
state in the CsIand
phenylalanine
targets
can be estimatedaccording
266
these three incident
ions,
the variation ofdesorption
yied
Y(at
1.16MeV/u) for q
= qeg
deduced from theexperimental
curves offigures
6,
7 and 9 isgiven
by
arelation of the form
ya q q
when theyield
is treated as afunction of the
equilibrium
charge
of each incidentprojectile.
3. Conclusion.
We have
presented
newexperimental
results on thesecondary
ion emission from surfaces under theimpact
of - 1 MeV/u ions. It has been shown that the variation
of the
desorption yield
with the incidentcharge
statedepends
also on thetype
ofprojectiles. Charge
chang-ing
in a medium as a function of thedepth
ofpenetration
varies from oneprojectile
to another one[25]
and theknowledge
of the variation of thecharge
inside the material iscertainly
needed toexplain
the different
shapes
of theyield
curves. Calculationusing
the results of these authors[25]
will bepublished
shortly.
Theions,
neutral atoms, and electrons emittedfrom the surface are observables which
give
informationabout the internal
perturbations produced
in thema-terial
by
the incident ions of the beam. It should also bepossible
to measure in the near future thecharge
states of ionsleaving
the surface of thematerial,
since thedesorption yield
is very sensitive to thecharge
state.The
experimental
set uptogether
with the dataacquisition
system for this type ofexperiment
consti-tutes aunique facility
for the presentstudy
of theinteractions between MeV ions and
materials,
particu-larly
material surfaces.Apart
from the fundamental aspects it is clear that ananalytic
programusing
highly charged
ions of energy- 1 MeV/u is a
particularly
usefulprobe
foridentifica-tion of molecules
deposited
on a surface.Acknowledgment.
We are very
grateful
for the efficient assistancepro-vided
by
the technical staff of the linear accelerator(G.
CoeurJoly,
J. C.Dubois,
P.Nael,
J. C.Potier).
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