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P. Merzlyakov

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Void lattice formation in electron irradiated CaF 2 : Statistical analysis of experimental data and cellular automata simulations

2016

Abstract Calcium fluoride (CaF2) is an important optical material widely used in both microlithography and deep UV windows. It is known that under certain conditions electron beam irradiation can create therein a superlattice consisting of vacancy clusters (called a void lattice). The goal of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to perform a quantitative analysis of experimental TEM images demonstrating void lattice formation, we developed two distinct image filters. As a result, we can easily calculate vacancy concentration, vacancy cluster distribution function as well as average distances between defect clusters. The results for two suggested filters are similar and demonstrate that experimen…

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsVoid (astronomy)Materials scienceSuperlattice02 engineering and technologyElectron021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesMolecular physicsCrystallographyLattice constantDistribution functionVacancy defectLattice (order)0103 physical sciencesCluster (physics)010306 general physics0210 nano-technologyInstrumentationNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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Void superlattice formation in electron irradiated CaF2: Theoretical analysis

2010

Abstract CaF2 is widely adopted as deep-UV window material and thin film optical coating. The void superlattice was observed experimentally under electron irradiation at room temperature. We performed kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulations of the initial stages of the process when short- and intermediate-range order of defects in small Ca colloids and larger interstitial aggregates (F2 gas voids) is created. The kMC model includes fluorine interstitial–vacancy pair creation, defect diffusion, similar defect attraction and dissimilar defect recombination. Special attention is paid to the statistical analysis of the defect aggregate distribution functions under different conditions (dose rate,…

Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsCrystallographyVoid (astronomy)Optical coatingMaterials scienceSuperlatticeElectron beam processingElectronKinetic Monte CarloIrradiationThin filmInstrumentationMolecular physicsNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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