Materials Research Using Ion Beams at the Dresden Ion Beam Centre

The Ion Beam Centre at Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) is nearly exclusively dedicated to Materials Research. Three electrostatic accelerators (1.8 MV single-ended, 3 MV Tandetron, 5 MV tandem) and three ion implanters (40 kV, 200 kV, 500 kV) are available which provide multispecies irradiation possibilities for surface analysis and modification. Users are offered the full spectrum of high-energy analytical methods including Rutherford Backscattering (RBS), Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis (ERDA), Nuclear Reaction Analysis (NRA), and Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE). Special equipment provides an external beam for RBS and PIXE, a microbeam setup which allows ERD and RBS/channeling analyses, RBS and ERDA depth profiling with ultrahigh depth resolution, as well as real-time in-situ analysis during surface processing.
The Centre delivers about half of its capacities to external users from research and industry. Researchers from other European States are funded by the European Commission for Transnational Access to the laboratory.
The short lecture will display the general features of the Centre and address a few selected applications. The prominent role of ion beam applications to materials research will be discussed.