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Investigation of dislocation behavior at the early stage of PVT-grown 4H-SiC crystals

  • Tuerxun Ailihumaer
  • , Balaji Raghothamachar
  • , Michael Dudley
  • , Gilyong Chung
  • , Ian Manning
  • , Edward Sanchez
  • Stony Brook University
  • Compound Semiconductor Solutions

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Abstract

Dislocation behavior during the early stages of physical vapor transport (PVT) growth of 6-inch diameter 4H-SiC crystals has been investigated by synchrotron monochromatic beam X-ray topography (SMBXT) in conjunction with ray tracing simulations of dislocation images. Our studies reveal that most of the TSDs/TMDs are replicated into the newly grown layer while most TEDs are generated by either nucleation in pairs at the growth interface or by redirection of BPDs in the seed crystal. Most BPDs in the newly grown layer are of screw type with b =1/3[1120] and this has been verified by comparison with ray tracing simulated images. TEDs with same and opposite sign of Burgers vector are found to be deflected on to the same basal plane by the overgrowth of macro-steps and they glide in the same and opposite directions respectively. TMDs deflected on to the basal plane by macro-steps get dissociated into c and a components, with the a segment undergoing glide to form V-shaped configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSilicon Carbide and Related Materials 2019
EditorsHiroshi Yano, Takeshi Ohshima, Kazuma Eto, Takeshi Mitani, Shinsuke Harada, Yasunori Tanaka
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages44-50
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783035715798
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event18th International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials, ICSCRM 2019 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Sep 29 2019Oct 4 2019

Publication series

NameMaterials Science Forum
Volume1004 MSF
ISSN (Print)0255-5476
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9752

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials, ICSCRM 2019
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period09/29/1910/4/19

Keywords

  • 4H-SiC crystals
  • Dislocations
  • PVT growth
  • Ray tracing simulation
  • Synchrotron X-ray topography

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