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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Barysheva, M.M. | Chkhalo, N.I. | Drozdov, M.N. | Mikhailenko, M.S. | Pestov, A.E.; * | Salashchenko, N.N. | Vainer, Y.A. | Yunin, P.A. | Zorina, M.V.
Affiliations: Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Alexey E. Pestov, Institute for Physics of Microstructures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, GSP-105, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. E-mail: aepestov@ipm.sci-nnov.ru.
Abstract: Anomalously high x-ray scattering at a wavelength of 0.154 nm by super-polished substrates of fused silica, which were etched by the argon ions with the energy of 300 eV, is detected. The scattering intensity increases monotonically with increasing of the etching depth. The effect is explained by the scattering on the volume inhomogeneities with the lateral size greater than 0.5 μm of the subsurface “damaged” layer. The concentration of volume inhomogeneities increases with the increase of the fluence of argon ions, but the concentration of implanted argon atoms in the layer quickly reaches the maximum value and then begins a trend of going down. The thickness of the “damaged” layer is approximately equal to the penetration depth of the Ar atoms and can be directly determined from the x-ray specular reflection. It is shown that the presence of volume inhomogeneities of the subsurface “damaged” layer does not affect the geometric roughness of the surface. The observed effect imposes limitations on the usage of grazing incidence x-ray optics without reflective coatings and of the diffuse x-ray scattering (DXRS) method for studying the substrate roughness. A new method that potentially enables to evaluate the applicability of the DXRS method in practice is proposed.
Keywords: X-ray optics, X-Ray diffuse scattering, supersmooth surface, Ion polishing, Roughness, Ion implantation
DOI: 10.3233/XST-190495
Journal: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 857-870, 2019
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