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RBS and TEM studies of indium phosphide irradiated with 100 keV Au ions

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Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Rutherford Backscattering (RBS) have been used to observe the spatially isolated disordered zones in InP resulting from 100 keV Au ion irradiation at room temperature. Studies were carried out in interval of irradiation fluences less than lower value of full amorphization fluence. Such a value of fluence, as was established in the studies, can be estimated of order ∼2.5 × 1013cm−2. The accumulation of damage due to the 100 keV Au ion irradiation was described in this material using a composite theoretical model accounting for both homogeneous and heterogeneous amorphization processes.

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Khalil, A.S., Didyk, A.Y. RBS and TEM studies of indium phosphide irradiated with 100 keV Au ions. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 6, 498–504 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477109060132

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