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Micro/Nano-scale Strain Distribution Measurement from Sampling Moiré Fringes
Published on: May 23, 2017
X-ray diffraction moiré topography as a means to reconstruct relative displacement fields in weakly deformed
1European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, F-38043 Grenoble, France, and Arbeitsgruppe Röntgenbeugung, Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
Abstract:
X-ray diffraction topographs of wafers produced by separation by implanted oxygen (SIMOX) show moiré fringes in both reflection and transmission geometry. These fringes reveal deformations of the order of 10(-6) to 10(-8) between the layer and the substrate of the SIMOX material. A new method for a quantitative analysis of moiré fringes is developed and allows reconstruction with a high sensitivity of the three components of the relative displacement field between layer and substrate directly from a set of topographs. This method is used for the interpretation of moiré topographs of entire 4 in SIMOX wafers and of regions around crystal defects. Finally, the capabilities of an analysis of moiré fringes are compared with those of the usual diffraction topo-graphy.
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