Effect of surface roughness on the secondary ion yield in ion sputtering
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There is extensive experimental evidence that, at low temperatures, surface erosion by ion bombardment roughens the sputtered substrate, leading to a self-affine surface. These changes in the surface morphology also modify the secondary ion yield. Here, we calculate analytically the secondary ion yield in terms of parameters characterizing the sputtering process and the interface roughness. © 1998 American Institute of Physics. @S0003-6951~98!04036-4#
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تاریخ انتشار 1998