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Acta Cryst. (2014). A70, C1132
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A challenge in X-ray topo-tomography is the issue of quantitatively determining the 3D-deformation-distribution field associated with single defects of crystal lattices. In the present report an endeavor is made to retrieve a 3D-deformation-distribution field around single line defects (dislocations) in crystals by using the X-ray topo-tomography method. The general layout of the X-ray topo-tomography experiment is depicted in Fig. 1[1]. For our purposes we have used plane-parallel samples of crystal Si with surface orientation (111), the sample thickness being 1 mm, in which the linear dislocations have been inserted according to [2]. The experiments were carried out at the X-ray wavelength of MoKα1 (λ=0.071 nm). Experimental series of the X-ray (2 20)-reflection topography images with the rotation angle step 20 around the diffraction vector, the total angular range 3600, have been got out. Furthermore, such the 2D- topographic images are used for getting 3D-images by means of the modified algebraic method SART developed in [3]. In parallel, for 3D reconstruction the corresponding 2D-topographic dislocation images are simulated by use of the Born-approximation analytical and numerical solutions based on Takagi-Taupin equations describing the two-beam X-ray diffraction by the deformed crystals. Certainly, all the above approaches are applied to the comparative analysis of opportunities of determining 3D-deformation-distribution field around the dislocations under consideration.

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Acta Cryst. (2014). A70, C1810
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Results of studies of sapphire as a prospective material for different modern applications are presented. An analysis of different growth techniques was performed and a crystalline surface treatment technique developed. Processes of high-temperature surface recrystallization have been studied and the structure of dislocations in the crystals examined. Some applications for sapphires are shown. The following techniques were applied: RHEED, AFM, HRTEM, X-ray scattering, topography, and tomography, using both x-ray tubes and synchrotron radiation sources. High-temperature annealing of super-smooth sapphire surfaces (RMS roughness < 0.2 nm) produces terrace-step structures on the surface. The influence of the miscut parameters and annealing conditions on the structures is analyzed. The substrates with such surface structures were used to form regular ensembles of gold nanoparticles and for the epitaxy processes of AIIBVI thin films. The availability of sapphires that are perfect from the X-ray optics point of view can overcome major limiting factors for meV resolved nuclear resonance scattering and other high energy-resolution X-ray spectroscopy techniques. The analysis made by different X-ray topographic methods shows that the presence of dislocations limits the size of useful reflective area of the crystal. It is shown, that only Kyropoulos-grown crystals demonstrate very low dislocation densities, as low as 100 cm^-2, and the most narrow backscattering spectral reflectivity band. This work is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (Grants No. 13-02-01065a and 13-02-91325), Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Program No.24) and Helmholtz association of German Research Centers (HRJRG-402 project). We thank A. Danilewsky, J. Härtwig, A. Muslimov, I. Prokhorov, A. Vasilyev, V. Vlasov for their assistance as well as principal investigators of the project: A. Chumakov, H.-C. Wille, I. Sergueev, S. Stankov.
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