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Anomalous secondary-ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) profiles of copper in thin pieces of HgCdTe are explained using the model used for diode formation by ion milling and ion implantation. In this model, the SIMS ion beam injects mercury interstitials into the HgCdTe as it etches the HgCdTe. The interstitials fill metal vacancies and kick copper off the metal lattice sites. The copper interstitials then diffuse either to the surface being etched, where it is removed and detected by the SIMS instrument, or deeper into the HgCdTe, where it annihilates vacancies. Good agreement between model predictions and experimental SIMS profiles are obtained.
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Schaake, H., Kinch, M. & Aqariden, F. Modeling of Copper SIMS Profiles in Thin HgCdTe. J. Electron. Mater. 37, 1387–1390 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-008-0425-4
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