Development of an improved field ionization detector incorporating a secondary electron stage

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fahy, A ^a   O'Donnell, K M ^a,c   Barr, M ^a   Zhou, X J ^a   Allison, W ^b   Dastoor, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE DETECTION; ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; POSITIVE IONS; SECONDARY EMISSION;

ACCEPTANCE ANGLE; CHANNEL ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; DIRECT DETECTION; FIELD IONIZATION; NEUTRAL GAS PRESSURE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SENSITIVE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 80054729328     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/11/115902     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Koch M, Rehbein S, Schmahl G, Reisinger T, Bracco G, Ernst W and Holst B 2008 Imaging with neutral atoms - a new matter-wave microscope J. Microsc. 229 1-5 (Pubitemid 350292344)
2. MacLaren D and Allison W 2004 Microscopy with atomic beams: contrast in a scanning helium microscope Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 179 383-8 (Pubitemid 39051635)
3. MacLaren D, Holst B, Riley D and Allison W 2003 Focusing elements and design considerations for a scanning helium microscope (SHeM) Surf. Rev. Lett. 10 249-55
4. Doak R 2004 The assessment of field ionization detectors for molecular beam use J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 S2863-78
5. Tsong T 1990 Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscopy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press)
6. Miller M 1996 Atom Probe Field Ion Microscopy (Oxford: Clarendon)
7. Doak R, Ekinci Y, Holst B, Toennies J, Al-Kassab T and Heinrich A 2004 Field ionization detection of supersonic molecular beams Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75 405-14
8. Piskur J, Borg L, Stupnik A, Leisch M, Ernst W and Holst B 2008 Field ionization of free helium atoms: correlation between the kinetic energy of ionized atoms and probability of their field ionization Appl. Surf. Sci. 254 4365-9
9. Grüner B, Jag M, Stilbor A, Visanescu G, Häffner M, Kem D, Günther A and Fortgh J 2009 Integrated atom detector based on field ionization near carbon nanotubes Phys. Rev. A 80 063422
10. Holst B, Piskur J, Kostrobiy P, Markovych B and Suchorski Y 2009 Field ionization of helium in a supersonic beam: kinetic energy of neutral atoms and probability of their field ionization Ultramicroscopy 109 413-7
11. Riley D et al 2003 Helium detection via field ionization from carbon nanotubes Nano Lett. 3 1455-8 (Pubitemid 37346992)
12. O'Donnell K 2009 Field ionization detection for atom microscopy PhD Thesis Newcastle, NSW, University of Newcastle
13. Li J C et al 2008 A novel gas sensor based on field ionization from ZnO nanowires: moderate working voltage and high stability Nanotechnology 19 175501
14. Sadeghian R B and Kahrizi M 2008 A novel gas sensor based on tunneling-field-ionization on whisker-covered gold nanowires IEEE Sensors J. 8 161-9
15. Sadeghian R B and Islam M S 2011 Ultralow-voltage field ionization discharge on whiskered silicon nanowires for gas-sensing applications Nat. Materials 10 135-40
16. DePonte D, Elliott G and Kevan S 2009 Current voltage relation for a field ionizing He beam detector J. Appl. Phys. 105 044910
17. O'Donnell K, Fahy A, Thomsen L, O'Connor J and Dastoor P 2011 Field ionization detectors: a comparative model Meas. Sci. Technol. 22 015901
18. Szapiro B, Rocca J and Prabhuram T 1988 Electron yield of glow discharge cathode materials under helium ion bombardment Appl. Phys. Lett. 53 358-60
19. Schou J 1980 Transport theory for kinetic emission of secondary electrons from solids Phys. Rev. B 22 2141-74
20. Ekvall I, Wahlström E, Claesson D, Olin H and Olsson E 1999 Preparation and characterization of electrochemically etched W tips for STM Meas. Sci. Technol. 10 11-18
21. McWane J and Oates D 1974 Field ionizers as molecular beam detectors Rev. Sci. Instrum. 45 1145