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▲ [20p-E319-4] Morphological changes of Cu surfaces by comparison of Ar+ and Xe+ ion irradiation induced by photoemission-assisted plasma
Keywords:surface flattening, photoemission-assisted plasma ion source, momentum transfer effect
A photoemission-assisted plasma (PAP) ion source with Xe excimer lamp (hn =7.2 eV) has been developed to flatten Cu surfaces below 1 nm for achieving surface activated bonding at RT without pressurization. For this sake, ion beams with ion energy Eion < 50 eV are demanded to avoid sputtering-induced roughening. In this study, the momentum transfer effect of ion irradiation on flattening of Cu surface has been clarified by comparison of Ar+ and Xe+ ion irradiation.