Abstract
Application of ion beams in modern technology requires quantifying disorder induced by the collisions of energetic species and substrate atoms. For studying the structure of the transition region between crystalline silicon and amorphous layer Si(001) substrate was bombarded by gallium ions with the energy of 5 keV. The transition region width and amorphous layer thickness were evaluated using cross-correlation analysis of high- resolution electron microscopy (HRTEM) images taken from cross-section specimens. Performed molecular dynamics simulations allowed obtaining atom positions in amorphized material, which provided close agreement between the simulated and experimental HRTEM images. Analysis of calculated atomic arrangements realized by employing an introduced displacement order parameter enabled finding the interface transition region width and amorphous layer thickness which agreed satisfactorily with the values estimated from HRTEM images. This agreement gives evidence that MD simulation can be applied for reliable prediction and quantification of the disordered region extension in the ion bombarded material. The obtained amorphous layer thickness is also consistent with the results established utilizing the critical point defect density model applied to Monte Carlo simulations.
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