Patent ID: 7171918

Claim:
A system comprising: a chamber configured to house a substrate for processing; an energy source coupled to the chamber; an ion beam source coupled to the chamber; at least one hot inert gas source coupled to the chamber for locally heating and crystallizing a layer formed by the ion beam source; a system controller configured to control the introduction of at least one metal containing precursor into a focused ion beam and to control the introduction of the focused ion beam powered from the energy source; and a memory coupled to the controller comprising a computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program embodied therein for directing operation of the system, the computer-readable program comprising: instructions for controlling the energy source and for introducing the at least one metal containing precursor into the focused ion beam which is introduced into the chamber over the substrate in which the at least one metal from the at least one metal containing precursor forms at least one layer over the substrate; and instructions for controlling said hot inert gas source to locally heat and crystallize the at least one layer.