Zhou Yang, Booth-Morrison Christopher, Seidman David N
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA.
Microsc Microanal. 2008 Dec;14(6):571-80. doi: 10.1017/S1431927608080963.
The effects of varying the pulse energy of a picosecond laser used in the pulsed-laser atom-probe (PLAP) tomography of an as-quenched Ni-6.5 Al-9.5 Cr at.% alloy are assessed based on the quality of the mass spectra and the compositional accuracy of the technique. Compared to pulsed-voltage atom-probe tomography, PLAP tomography improves mass resolving power, decreases noise levels, and improves compositional accuracy. Experimental evidence suggests that Ni2+, Al2+, and Cr2+ ions are formed primarily by a thermally activated evaporation process, and not by post-ionization of the ions in the 1+ charge state. An analysis of the detected noise levels reveals that for properly chosen instrument parameters, there is no significant steady-state heating of the Ni-6.5 Al-9.5 Cr at.% tips during PLAP tomography.
基于质谱质量和该技术的成分分析精度,评估了用于快速凝固的Ni-6.5 Al-9.5 Cr(原子百分比)合金的脉冲激光原子探针(PLAP)断层扫描中皮秒激光脉冲能量变化的影响。与脉冲电压原子探针断层扫描相比,PLAP断层扫描提高了质量分辨率,降低了噪声水平,并提高了成分分析精度。实验证据表明,Ni2+、Al2+和Cr2+离子主要通过热激活蒸发过程形成,而非通过1+电荷态离子的后电离形成。对检测到的噪声水平的分析表明,对于适当选择的仪器参数,在PLAP断层扫描过程中,Ni-6.5 Al-9.5 Cr(原子百分比)尖端不存在明显的稳态加热现象。