Cross-correlation based high resolution electron backscatter diffraction and electron channelling contrast imaging for strain mapping and dislocation distributions in InAlN thin films
Vilalta-Clemente, A. and Naresh-Kumar, G. and Nouf-Allehiani, M. and Gamarra, P. and di Forte-Poisson, M.A. and Trager-Cowan, C. and Wilkinson, A.J. (2017) Cross-correlation based high resolution electron backscatter diffraction and electron channelling contrast imaging for strain mapping and dislocation distributions in InAlN thin films. Acta Materialia, 125. pp. 125-135. ISSN 1359-6454
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Abstract
We describe the development of cross-correlation based high resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) and electron channelling contrast imaging (ECCI), in the scanning electron microscope (SEM), to quantitatively map the strain variation and lattice rotation and determine the density and identify dislocations in nitride semiconductor thin films. These techniques can provide quantitative, rapid, non-destructive analysis of the structural properties of materials with a spatial resolution of order of tens of nanometers. HR-EBSD has a sensitivity to changes of strain and rotation of the order of 10−4 and 0.01° respectively, while ECCI can be used to image single dislocations up to a dislocation density of order 1010 cm−2. In the present work, we report the application of the cross-correlation based HR-EBSD approach to determine the tilt, twist, elastic strain and the distribution and type of threading dislocations in InAlN/AlN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures grown on two different substrates, namely SiC and sapphire. We describe our procedure to estimate the distribution of geometrically necessary dislocations (GND) based on Nye-Kroner analysis and compare them with the direct imaging of threading dislocations (TDs) by ECCI. Combining data from HR-EBSD and ECCI observations allowed the densities of pure edge, mixed and pure screw threading dislocations to be fully separated.
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Vilalta-Clemente, A., Naresh-Kumar, G. ![]() ![]() ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 59588 |
Keywords: | EBSD, ECCI, dislocations, InAIN, HEMTs, electron backscatter diffraction, electron channelling contrast imaging, scanning electron microscope, nitride semiconductor thin films, geometrically necessary dislocations, Physics, Polymers and Plastics, Metals and Alloys, Ceramics and Composites, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials |
Subjects: | Science > Physics |
Department: | Faculty of Science > Physics Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 25 Jan 2017 10:31 |
Last modified: | 21 Jan 2021 00:43 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59588 |
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