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Analysis of Multi-Layer Thin Films by XRF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

M. Kaufmann ,
M. Mantler  and
F. Weber
M. Kaufmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied and Technical PhysicsUniversity of Technology, Vienna Wiedner Haupstraβe 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
M. Mantler
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied and Technical PhysicsUniversity of Technology, Vienna Wiedner Haupstraβe 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
F. Weber
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied and Technical PhysicsUniversity of Technology, Vienna Wiedner Haupstraβe 8-10, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
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Abstract

The characterization of multi-layer thin film properties, such as thicknesses of layers or concentrations of elements, using the fundamental parameter method is discussed. Experimental results are shown for repetitive multi-layers of up to 80 layers. Furthermore the impact of using different characteristic lines on the information depth and the resolving power is discussed for single layers and repetitive multi-layers. Finally, thin films containing light elements are presented; in this case the conventional fundamental parameter theory fails to provide accurate results, perhaps due to the neglect of the impact of the secondary excitation by photoelectrons.

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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 37: Forty-Second Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, August 2-6, 1993 , 1993 , pp. 205 - 212
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1993

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