Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2019
The characterization of multi-layer thin films by X-ray fluorescence using the fundamental parameter method and the LAMA-III program is described. Analyses of a double-layer FeMn/NiFe and two triple-layer NiFe/Cu/Cr and Cr/Cu/NiFe specimens show that the complex inter-layer absorption and secondary fluorescence effects were properly corrected. The compositions and thicknesses of all layers agreed to ±2% with corresponding single-layer films, a precisian comparable with bulk and single-layer thin film analyses.