Nuclear data for ion beam analysis applications

Ion beam analysis.

Pitfalls in Ion Beam Analysis

A nuclear geochemical analysis system for boron quantification using a focused ion beam

Ion beam analysis has for decades been used as a tool for geochemical analysis of trace elements using both X-rays (particle induced X-ray emission) and nuclear reaction analysis. With the geoanalytical setup at the Lund Ion Beam Analysis Facility, the boron content in geological samples with a spatial resolution of 1 µm is determined through nuclear reaction analysis. In the newly upgraded set...

Focused Ion Beam Nano-structuring for Applications in Photonics

To date, nano-and micro-structuring has commonly been implemented by a combination of specifically optimized processes of electron-beam lithography and reactive ion etching, thus limiting the range of materials that can be structured to only a few. In this talk we will introduce focused ion beam (FIB) milling as an emerging technology that enables fast, reliable and well-controlled nanometer-si...

Nuclear Methods MeVIon Beam Analysis

The main techniques traditionally used in MeV Ion Beam Analysis are Particle Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE), Rutherford Backscattering (RBS) and Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA), which, broadly speaking, utilize light (m <4) ions. These techniques can also be applied in the channeling mode to study the structural properties of crystalline materials (such as foreign atom location, radiation damage...