Abstract
Optical scattering from a defect-etched semiconductor sample is used to characterize dislocations in material. It is shown that when the sample is illuminated normally with a He–Ne (λ = 6328-Å)laser beam reflection pattern can be used to identify the shapes of the etch pits and hence the directions of the dislocation propagation. The integrated light flux scattered by the illuminated sample, normalized by the incident is shown to be proportional to the dislocation density. This principle is applied in two ways to dislocations at the sample surface. In one case the defect-etched sample is scanned under a light beam, the scattered flux is collected by an integrating sphere and measured. In the second case the defect-sample is illuminated with incoherent light of a broad angular spectrum, and a photographic transparency produced which registers an image of the dislocation density distribution of the original sample. These methods for counting dislocations, mapping dislocation distribution, and measuring average dislocation density of the sample are discussed.
© 1988 Optical Society of America
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