Modification of Fe/Nb Multilayers under Xe-ion Irradiation
doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.26.04.333
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
- Publish Date: 2009-12-20
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Key words:
- ion irradiation /
- Fe/Nb multilayers /
- depth profile analysis of AES /
- XRD /
- VSM
Abstract: The behavior of the metallic multilayers of Si/\[Fe(10 nm)/Nb(4 nm)/Fe(4 nm)/ Nb(4 nm)\]2/\[Fe(4 nm)/Nb(4 nm)\]4 under 2 MeV Xeion irradiation has been investigated by depth profile analysis of Auger electron spectroscopy, Xray diffraction and vibrating sample magnetometer. The obtained experimental results show that the intermixing between Fe and Nb layers occurs in the 1.0×1014 ions/cm2 irradiated multilayer sample which results in the formation of Nbbased and Febased FeNb solid solution. For the samples irradiated to fluence larger than 1.0×1014 ions/cm2, amorphisation is observed, and moreover, the layered structure of the multilayer samples is broken up completely for the samples under 1.0×1016 or 2.0×1016 ions/cm2 irradiation. Vibrating sample magnetometer measurement also reveals that the magnetization of the samples changes with the evolution of the structure of multilayers. Possible mechanism of the modification in Fe/Nb multilayers induced by Xeion irradiation is briefly discussed.
Citation: | WEI Kongfang, WANG Zhi-guang, #, SUN Jian-rong, ZANG Hang, YAO Cun-feng, SHENG Yan-bin, MA Yi-zhun, Gou Jie, LU Zi-wei, SHEN Tie-long, YANG Cheng-shao, . Modification of Fe/Nb Multilayers under Xe-ion Irradiation[J]. Nuclear Physics Review, 2009, 26(4): 333-337. doi: 10.11804/NuclPhysRev.26.04.333 |