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On the defect pattern evolution in sapphire irradiated by swift ions in a broad fluence range
- Source :
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Applied Surface Science . Oct2008, Vol. 255 Issue 1, p254-256. 3p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Abstract: Sapphire samples, irradiated with swift Kr (245MeV) ions at room temperature in a broad fluence range, were investigated using a continuous and a pulsed positron beam to study the defect structure created by the passage of the ions in depths of a few micrometers. At small doses, monovacancies were identified as dominant defects and positron trapping centres. These monovacancies are assumed to be highly concentrated inside a cylindrical volume around the ion path with an estimated radius of ∼1.5nm. For higher doses a second type of trapping centre emerges. This second class of structural imperfection was associated with the overlap of the individual ion tracks leading to the formation of larger vacancy clusters or voids. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *SAPPHIRES
*IRRADIATION
*KRYPTON
*POSITRON beams
*DOPPLER effect
*ION traps
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01694332
- Volume :
- 255
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Applied Surface Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 34647866
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.05.185