A coincident elastic recoil detection method for oxygen Profiling in silicon isdescribed. By using 12C as the incident particles
12C and 16O from the same collision event are detected respectively in coincidence. From the obtained 16O energy spectrum
oxygen profile in the sample can be calculated. 27MeV 12C5+ particles are used and oxygen profile in 5.6μm silicon is measured.The results show that this method has a detection limit of about 20×10-6 (atomic)and a depth resolution of about 450nm in 5.6μm silicon. It is specially useful for profiling light elements in samples of about several microns.