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Influence of Surface Relaxation and Multi-Dislocation Strain Field Interactions on X-ray Topographic Images of Dislocations in Semiconductor Materials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2012
Abstract
Analysis of the white beam synchrotron x-ray topographic contrast behavior of screw dislocations comprising slip bands in silicon, observed under low absorption conditions, is presented. For both individual and groups of dislocations, observed “Direct Image” contrast at the surface intersections of dislocation lines, on reflections for which g·b=0, could be accounted for using equi-misorientation contour analysis using displacement fields which take surface relaxation effects into account. This contrast is shown to be a sensitive function of the local stress environment. In addition, diffuse area contrast observed within and in the vicinity of slip bands on such reflections is also observed to be very sensitive to long range strain fields associated with adjacent slip bands and other defects in the local slip band environment.
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