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Direct Focused Ion Beam Drilling of Nanopores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Nick Patterson ,
V. Carter Hodges ,
Michael J. Vasile ,
David P. Adams ,
Zhu Chen  and
C. Jeff Brinker
Nick Patterson
Affiliation:
[email protected] National LaboratoriesAlbuquerque NM 87185United States
V. Carter Hodges
Affiliation:
[email protected], Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Michael J. Vasile
Affiliation:
[email protected], Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
David P. Adams
Affiliation:
[email protected], Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
Zhu Chen
Affiliation:
[email protected], University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87106, United States
C. Jeff Brinker
Affiliation:
[email protected], Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185, United States
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Abstract

Focused 30keV gallium ion beam, single-pixel drilling combined with backside particle detection is used to fabricate pores having exit diameters as small as ~11 nm in 200 nm-thick silicon nitride membranes. The backside channelplate detector response obtained about the onset of breakthrough is interpreted by plan-view transmission electron microscopy investigations of hole morphology. Immediately prior to breakthrough, there is a rise in detector signal as the local membrane thickness is reduced. This likely occurs as a result of ion transmission and, possibly, forward sputtering. At the dose required for breakthrough a maximum detector signal is obtained thus providing a potential method for end point detection. The focused ion drilling technique avoids broad area beam exposure methods that are often used to reduce hole diameter to nanometer dimension. In addition, the current approach overcomes difficulties in determining a required dose for breakthrough such as those that arise from an inhomogeneous membrane thickness, redeposition, or ion channeling.

Keywords

ion-beam processingsputteringnanoscale
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 983: Symposium LL – Focused Ion Beams for Analysis and Processing , 2006 , 0983-LL05-05
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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