Translational energy distribution and production mechanism of H* and D* produced by controlled electron impact on water and heavy water

1983 ◽  
Vol 78 (6) ◽  
pp. 3071-3077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junichi Kurawaki ◽  
Kenji Ueki ◽  
Morihide Higo ◽  
Teiichiro Ogawa
1991 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis X. Campos ◽  
Gabriela C. Weaver ◽  
Curtis J. Waltman ◽  
Stephen R. Leone

AbstractExposing a Si(100) surface to a pulsed beam of neutral Cl2 with high translational energy results in etching at a rate faster than that seen with chlorine at thermal energies. The Cl2 beam used in these experiments is produced by laser vaporization of cryogenic films. It has a broad energy distribution which can be varied by changing laser energy and film thickness. Beams with mean energies as low as 0.4 eV result in etching =10 times faster than etching by thermal Cl2. When Cl2 beams are used which have considerable flux above 3 eV, the etching rate increases by a further factor of 3.6 ± 0.6. This rate increase, which occurs at energies just above the Si-Si bond energy, suggests that kinetic energy can be efficiently utilized to break surface bonds.


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