Evaporation mechanisms of MgO in laser assisted atom probe tomography
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ArticleKAUST Department
Material Science and Engineering ProgramPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2011-05Permanent link to this record
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In this paper the field evaporation properties of bulk MgO and sandwiched MgO layers in Fe are compared using laser assisted Atom Probe Tomography. The comparison of flight time spectra gives an estimate of the evaporation times as a function of the wavelength and the laser energy. It is shown that the evaporation takes place in two steps on two different time scales in MgO. It is also shown that as long as the MgO layer is buried in Fe, the evaporation is dominated by the photon absorption in Fe layer at the tip apex. Eventually the evaporation process of MgO is discussed based on the difference between the bulk materials and the multilayer samples. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.Citation
Mazumder, B., Vella, A., Deconihout, B., & Al-Kassab, T. (2011). Evaporation mechanisms of MgO in laser assisted atom probe tomography. Ultramicroscopy, 111(6), 571–575. doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.11.017Sponsors
We acknowledge the ESP Carnot, the TAPAS, the ANR and Cameca France for supporting our work. We thank L. Renaud for provided bulk MgO samples. We would like to thank Ryota Gemma for helping in MgO sample preparation.Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Ultramicroscopyae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.11.017