Refurbishment of the CASSIS code for channeling simulations

Abstract Channeling is a powerful method for the investigation of the properties of crystalline materials (e.g. lattice site location, defect structures, etc.). More than a decade ago the program code CASSIS has been developed to extend the possible simulation of channeling phenomena to non-cubic crystal lattices, high foreign atom concentrations and PIXE-channeling. Due to the rapid progress in computer technology it is necessary to review and refurbish the existing code by substituting calculation procedures by more sophisticated and more precise ones. Another topic addressed during this refurbishment was the lack of user-friendliness of the old code. The introduction of a simplified input scheme and automatic procedures for the calculation of necessary secondary inputs resolved this situation. As an example and demonstration of possible applications a detailed large-dimension 2-D scan of silicon is presented and discussed.