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Sputtering studies with the Monte Carlo Program TRIM.SP

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The Monte Carlo Program TRIM.SP (sputtering version of TRIM) was used to determine sputtering yields and energy and angular distributions of sputtered particles in physical (collisional) sputtering processes. The output is set up to distinguish between the contributions of primary and secondary knock-on atoms as caused by in- and outgoing incident ions, in order to get a better understanding of the sputtering mechanisms and to check on previous theoretical models. The influence of the interatomic potential and the inelastic energy loss model as well as the surface binding energy on the sputtering yield is investigated. Further results are sputtering yields versus incident energy and angle as well as total angular distributions of sputtered particles and energy distributions in specific solid angles for non-normal incidence. The calculated data are compared with experimental results as far as possible. From this comparison it turns out that the TRIM.SP is able to reproduce experimental results even in very special details of angular and energy distributions.

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  1. Euratom-Association, Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, D-8046, Garching bei München, Germany

    J. P. Biersack (Visitor) & W. Eckstein

  2. Hahn-Meitner Institut, Berlin

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Biersack, J.P., Eckstein, W. Sputtering studies with the Monte Carlo Program TRIM.SP. Appl. Phys. A 34, 73–94 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00614759

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