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Quantitative Evaluation of Dislocation Density in Epitaxial GaAs Layer on Si Using Transmission Electron Microscopy

  • Kim, Kangsik (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)) ;
  • Lee, Jongyoung (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)) ;
  • Kim, Hyojin (Photonic-Bio Research Center, Korea Photonics Technology Institute (KOPTI)) ;
  • Lee, Zonghoon (School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST))
  • Received : 2014.06.21
  • Accepted : 2014.06.23
  • Published : 2014.06.30

Abstract

Dislocation density and distribution in epitaxial GaAs layer on Si are evaluated quantitatively and effectively using image processing of transmission electron microscopy image. In order to evaluate dislocation density and distribution, three methods are introduced based on line-intercept, line-length measurement and our coding with line-scanning method. Our coding method based on line-scanning is used to detect the dislocations line-by-line effectively by sweeping a thin line with the width of one pixel. The proposed method has advances in the evaluation of dislocation density and distribution. Dislocations can be detected automatically and continuously by a sweeping line in the code. Variation of dislocation density in epitaxial GaAs films can be precisely analyzed along the growth direction on the film.

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