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Development of New Experimental Facilities at the Lund Nuclear Microprobe Laboratory

Shariff, Asad LU (2004)
Abstract
Ion beam analysis techniques are now well established as research tools for a broad range of multidisciplinary scientific fields. The ability to focus an ion beam down to micrometer size has expanded and strengthened the capability of IBA techniques to a higher level. A new field “Nuclear microprobe (NMP) analysis” has been developed over the past decades, in which most IBA techniques are used and, in addition, a new group of imaging techniques has been developed. A high-resolution scanning nuclear microprobe can provide maps of distributions of elements with high sensitivity and can analyse very small structures. The power of NMP lies mainly in its lateral resolution (beam spot size) and the amount of current it can deliver on the target.... (More)
Ion beam analysis techniques are now well established as research tools for a broad range of multidisciplinary scientific fields. The ability to focus an ion beam down to micrometer size has expanded and strengthened the capability of IBA techniques to a higher level. A new field “Nuclear microprobe (NMP) analysis” has been developed over the past decades, in which most IBA techniques are used and, in addition, a new group of imaging techniques has been developed. A high-resolution scanning nuclear microprobe can provide maps of distributions of elements with high sensitivity and can analyse very small structures. The power of NMP lies mainly in its lateral resolution (beam spot size) and the amount of current it can deliver on the target. So the quest for the smallest possible beam spot size with sufficient beam current is an active field of research. Even if the NMP has much more to offer, conventional IBA techniques are still suitable in some scientific fields of research, due to their simplicity and the shorter run times required. In this work two new beamlines have been designed and constructed at the Lund NMP laboratory. The first part of the thesis is based on the design and construction of a broad beam facility called “macro beamline” including the quantitative calibration of the PIXE set-up in this beamline. For a better performance and quantification with PIXE the peak tailing of the X-ray detector has been characterized. This beamline has subsequently been successfully used to analyse a large number of PIXE samples with a beam of millimetre size. The second part of the thesis describes the design and construction of a new sub-micron beamline, where a focused beam with sub-micron resolution is expected. In designing this beamline all the necessary parameters were carefully considered and a detailed theoretical investigation was done using computer code PRAM. A two-stage doublet configuration has been chosen as the focusing system based on these calculations. Our two-stage system is unique in that the first stage act as an independent microprobe. Experimentally, two of the key functions for a successful set-up, the four high quality magnetic quadrupole lenses and a special 8-element annular X-ray detector have been investigated and characterized. This large area X-ray detector will facilitate work with a much lower beam current. A large and flexible chamber, with sample stage movable with high precision and a optical viewing system of high magnification, has also been constructed. Special care has been taken to insulate the beamline and the chamber from vibration. (Less)
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  • Professor Knox, John, Ph.D, Chairman, Dept. of Physics, Idaho State University, U.S.A.
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Thesis
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low energy tailing, sub-micron beam, PRAM, grid shadow, Kärnfysik, Nuclear physics, GUPIX, Ion Beam Analysis, PIXE, Fysicumarkivet A:2004:Shariff
pages
108 pages
publisher
Department of Physics, Lund University
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Department of Physics, Lecture Hall-B, Lund Institute of Technology
defense date
2004-04-02 13:15:00
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  • other:LUTFD2/(TFKF-1029)/1-108(2004)
ISBN
91-631-5039-5
language
English
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yes
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Paper I.Calibration of a new chamber using GUPIX software package for PIXE analysis Asad Shariff, Karin Bülow, Mikael Elfman, Per Kristiansson, Klas Malmqvist, Jan Pallon, Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 189 (2002) 131-137.
Paper II.Evaluation of low energy tailing parameters of a HPGe X-ray detector Asad Shariff, Bengt G. Martinsson, Vaida Auzelyte, Mikael Elfman, Per Kristiansson, Klas G. Malmqvist, Christer Nilsson, Jan Pallon, Marie Wegdén, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B (2004), in press.
Paper III.The Lund Nuclear Microprobe Sub-Micron set-up. Part I: The beam line and ion optics Asad Shariff, Vaida Auzelyte, Mikael Elfman, Per Kristiansson, Klas Malmqvist, Christer Nilsson, Jan Pallon, Marie Wegdén,LUTFD2/(TFKF-3096)/1-11/(2004).
Paper IV.Lund Nuclear Microprobe, Sub-Micron set-up, Part II: Sample stage, optical imaging, scanning and detector configuration in the experimental chamber Asad Shariff, Vaida Auzelyte, Mikael Elfman, Per Kristiansson, Klas Malmqvist, Christer Nilsson, Jan Pallon, Marie Wegdén, LUTFD2/(TFKF-3097)/1-9/(2004).
Paper V.Characterization of a new large area HPGe X-ray detector for low beam current applicationAsad Shariff, Per Kristiansson, Vaida Auzelyte, Mikael Elfman, Klas G. Malmqvist, Christer Nilsson, Jan Pallon, Marie Wegdén,Nuclear Instruments and Methods B (2004), in press. The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Nuclear Physics (Faculty of Technology) (011013007)
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  abstract     = {{Ion beam analysis techniques are now well established as research tools for a broad range of multidisciplinary scientific fields. The ability to focus an ion beam down to micrometer size has expanded and strengthened the capability of IBA techniques to a higher level. A new field “Nuclear microprobe (NMP) analysis” has been developed over the past decades, in which most IBA techniques are used and, in addition, a new group of imaging techniques has been developed. A high-resolution scanning nuclear microprobe can provide maps of distributions of elements with high sensitivity and can analyse very small structures. The power of NMP lies mainly in its lateral resolution (beam spot size) and the amount of current it can deliver on the target. So the quest for the smallest possible beam spot size with sufficient beam current is an active field of research. Even if the NMP has much more to offer, conventional IBA techniques are still suitable in some scientific fields of research, due to their simplicity and the shorter run times required. In this work two new beamlines have been designed and constructed at the Lund NMP laboratory. The first part of the thesis is based on the design and construction of a broad beam facility called “macro beamline” including the quantitative calibration of the PIXE set-up in this beamline. For a better performance and quantification with PIXE the peak tailing of the X-ray detector has been characterized. This beamline has subsequently been successfully used to analyse a large number of PIXE samples with a beam of millimetre size. The second part of the thesis describes the design and construction of a new sub-micron beamline, where a focused beam with sub-micron resolution is expected. In designing this beamline all the necessary parameters were carefully considered and a detailed theoretical investigation was done using computer code PRAM. A two-stage doublet configuration has been chosen as the focusing system based on these calculations. Our two-stage system is unique in that the first stage act as an independent microprobe. Experimentally, two of the key functions for a successful set-up, the four high quality magnetic quadrupole lenses and a special 8-element annular X-ray detector have been investigated and characterized. This large area X-ray detector will facilitate work with a much lower beam current. A large and flexible chamber, with sample stage movable with high precision and a optical viewing system of high magnification, has also been constructed. Special care has been taken to insulate the beamline and the chamber from vibration.}},
  author       = {{Shariff, Asad}},
  isbn         = {{91-631-5039-5}},
  keywords     = {{low energy tailing; sub-micron beam; PRAM; grid shadow; Kärnfysik; Nuclear physics; GUPIX; Ion Beam Analysis; PIXE; Fysicumarkivet A:2004:Shariff}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Physics, Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Development of New Experimental Facilities at the Lund Nuclear Microprobe Laboratory}},
  year         = {{2004}},
}