In situ study of ion-beam induced lattice damage in calcium fluoride crystals

Lattice damage in calcium fluoride induced by 360 keV xenon ion irradiation was measured in situ using Rutherford backscattering and channeling (RBS/C) techniques. Calcium fluoride single crystals of (100) orientation were irradiated at − 115 and 35°C by Xe ion beams along a random direction 15° off...

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Published in:Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 1997-05, Vol.127, p.591-595
Main Authors: Yu, Ning, Nastasi, Michael, Sickafus, Kurt E., Yasuda, Kazuhiro, Tesmer, Joseph R.
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Language:English
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Summary:Lattice damage in calcium fluoride induced by 360 keV xenon ion irradiation was measured in situ using Rutherford backscattering and channeling (RBS/C) techniques. Calcium fluoride single crystals of (100) orientation were irradiated at − 115 and 35°C by Xe ion beams along a random direction 15° off the (100) axis. A 2 MeV He ion-beam from a 3 MV tandem accelerator was incident on the CaF 2 crystal along the (110) axis to determine the radiation damage. No amorphized layer was observed at both irradiation temperatures up to an irradiation dose of 2 × 10 16 Xe/cm 2. RBS/C measurements showed that lattice disorder in the irradiated layer saturated at 70% of the random level. Analysis of cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (XTEM) revealed a damaged but single-crystalline CaF 2 layer. This study demonstrates the radiation tolerance of CaF 2 under displacive irradiation at low to ambient temperatures.
ISSN:0168-583X
1872-9584
DOI:10.1016/S0168-583X(96)01138-X