Characterization of Defect Structure in Epilayer Grown on On-Axis SiC by Synchrotron X-ray Topography

Author(s):  
Kotaro Ishiji ◽  
Masashi Kato ◽  
Ryuichi Sugie
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2009 ◽  
Vol 156-158 ◽  
pp. 473-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei K. Brantov ◽  
A.V. Eltzov ◽  
Olga V. Feklisova ◽  
Eugene B. Yakimov

Characterization of defect structure in silicon ribbon grown on carbon foil has been carried out. The structure of grown Si layers and a dislocation density in these layers have been studied using selective chemical etching and the Electron Backscattering Diffraction. It is observed that the layers consist of rather large grains, the majority of which is elongated along the growth direction with a similar surface orientation and with a misorientation angle between neighboring grains of 60º. This means that such grains are separated by the (111) twin boundaries. The dislocation density in different grains is found to vary from 102 to 107cm-2. The energy dispersive X-Ray microanalysis has shown that some twin boundaries are enriched with carbon.


2018 ◽  
Vol 924 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Masashi Sonoda ◽  
Kentaro Shioura ◽  
Takahiro Nakano ◽  
Noboru Ohtani ◽  
Masakazu Katsuno ◽  
...  

The defect structure at the growth front of 4H-SiC boules grown using the physical vapor transport (PVT) method has been investigated using high resolution x-ray diffraction and x-ray topography. The crystal parameters such as the c-lattice constant exhibited characteristic variations across the growth front, which appeared to be caused by variation in surface morphology of the as-grown surface of the boules rather than the defect structure underneath the surface. X-ray topography also revealed that basal plane dislocations are hardly nucleated at the growth front during PVT growth of 4H-SiC crystals.


2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (15) ◽  
pp. 1487-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
YEXIA FAN ◽  
HONGTAO LI ◽  
LIANCHENG ZHAO

Congruent Ce (0.1 wt %): Cu (0.05 wt %): LiNbO 3 single crystals doped with 0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 mol% MgO respectively were grown by the Czochrolski method in air along the C direction. The inductively coupled plasma optical emission/mass spectrometry (ICP-OE/MS), the X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), the differential thermal analysis (DTA), the ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption spectra and the infrared (IR) absorption spectrum were measured and discussed in terms of the spectroscopic characterization and the defect structure of the Mg:Ce:Cu:LiNbO 3 crystals. The results indicated that the Mg:Ce:Cu:LiNbO 3 crystal grown from the congruent composition melt showed large [ Li ]/[ Nb ] ratios, which was closer to stoichiometry, an increase in the Curie temperature and a non-linear shift in the absorption edge with MgO concentration increasing. The threshold concentration of MgO in Mg:Ce:Cu:LiNbO 3 of nearly 5.52 mol% was estimated.


1986 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. M. Moore ◽  
S. Matteso ◽  
W. M. Duncan ◽  
R. J. Matyi

AbstractThe defect microstructures of GaAs substrates have been investigated in a multi-technique approach including integral cathodoluminescence (CL), scanning electron acoustic microscopy (SEAM), double crystal x-ray topography (XRT), and defect delineation etch. The XRT, CL, and SEAM studies are of identical areas on <100> SI GaAs(Cr) grown by the liquid encapsulated Czochralski (LEC) method and by the horizontal Bridgman (HB) method. Correlation was made to the defect structure revealed by defect delineation etching. The samples were also characterized by Fourier transform photoluminescence (FTPL) to qualitatively identify the major transitions contributing to the CL images. The CL, SEAM, XRT, and defect delineation etch images of each material are compared and their different perspectives are discussed.


Clay Minerals ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Plançon ◽  
C. Zacharie

AbstractUntil recently, the determination of the defect structures (previously referred to incorrectly as “crystallinity”) of kaolinites has been obtained in one of two ways: (1) measurement of the Hinckley index, or (2) by comparing calculated X-ray diffraction patterns based on a model of the defect structure (including types of defects and abundances) with experimental diffraction profiles. The Hinckley method is simple and easy to perform but contains no real information about the defect structure. Calculated XRD patterns are based on real defects but these calculations are time consuming and require some skill in application. Another approach is proposed: an expert system which will accurately describe the defect structure of kaolinites based on a few measurements taken from a normal powder diffraction profile. This system has been verified for nine kaolinite samples for which the defect structure was previously determined by comparison of calculated and observed diffraction profiles. The expert system reproduced the correct defect structure for each of the samples.


1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 947-951
Author(s):  
T. Czekalski ◽  
E. Zielińska-Rohozińska
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Author(s):  
Y.Y. Wang ◽  
A. Gupta ◽  
V.P. Dravid

Due to its potential magnetic device application, giant/colossal magnetoresistant (GMR or CMR) material, (bulk material as well as thin film), have been under intense investigation in recent years. In the bulk material, the changes of the resistivity under 4T magnetic field is about 80% at the metal-insulate transition temperature for La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 (LCMO). In 1994, S. Jin et al reported thousandfold change in resistivity in magnetoresistive La-Ca-Mn-0 films on a LaAlO3 substrate. It is suspected that such a large magnetoresistivity change in the thin film is due to the defect structure in the epitaxially grown thin film.The base structure of LCMO is an MnO6 octahedral perovskite cubic structure. Because of its strong static Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion, the compound is metrically orthorhombic, with a∼b∼√2 ap and c∼2ap where ap is the lattice constant for the base cubic structure. X-ray diffraction study on this compound shows that it belongs to Pnma space group.


1991 ◽  
Vol 108 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 744-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kowalski ◽  
E. Zielinska-Rohozinska ◽  
T. Czekalski
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X Ray ◽  

Author(s):  
R. E. Herfert

Studies of the nature of a surface, either metallic or nonmetallic, in the past, have been limited to the instrumentation available for these measurements. In the past, optical microscopy, replica transmission electron microscopy, electron or X-ray diffraction and optical or X-ray spectroscopy have provided the means of surface characterization. Actually, some of these techniques are not purely surface; the depth of penetration may be a few thousands of an inch. Within the last five years, instrumentation has been made available which now makes it practical for use to study the outer few 100A of layers and characterize it completely from a chemical, physical, and crystallographic standpoint. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) provides a means of viewing the surface of a material in situ to magnifications as high as 250,000X.


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