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Does Crystal Tilt Enhance the Electron Interaction?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2005

D. Van Dyck
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
R.M.J. Bokel
Affiliation:
National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Laboratory of Materials Science, Delft University of Technology, Rotterdamseweg 137, NL-2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands
H.W. Zandbergen
Affiliation:
National Centre for High Resolution Electron Microscopy, Laboratory of Materials Science, Delft University of Technology, Rotterdamseweg 137, NL-2628 AL Delft, The Netherlands
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Abstract

We have observed that a slight crystal tilt away from the zone axis paradoxically decreases the dynamical extinction length, as if the electron-crystal interaction increases. This effect disappears at larger tilt angles. Using the simplified channeling theory, this behavior is explained.

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Research Article
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© 2005 Microscopy Society of America

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