Bowen D.K., Tanner B.K. High resolution X-ray Diffractometry and Topography

Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. - 278 р.The purpose of this book is to provide the theoretical and practical background
necessary to the study of single-crystal materials by means of high resolution Xray
diffractometry and topography.Introduction: Diffraction Studies of Crystal Perfection
The response of a crystal to a plane wave
Comparison of radiations for diffraction
Comparison of surface analytic techniques
High resolution X-ray diffractometry
Triple-axis diffractometry
X-ray topographyHigh Resolution X-ray Diffraction Techniques
Limitations of single-axis diffraction
X-ray sources
High resolution systems
The duMond diagram
Beam conditioners
Aberrations in high resolution diffractometry
Detectors
Setting up a high resolution experimentAnalysis of Epitaxial LayersPlane wave diffraction from heteroepilayers
Selection of experimental conditions
Derivation of layer parametersX-ray Scattering TheoryKinematical theory
Dynamical theory
Scattering in imperfect crystals
Formulae for rocking curve widths, profiles and intensitiesSimulation of X-ray Diffraction Rocking CurvesNumerical solution procedures
Matching an experimental measurement
Limitations of the simulation approach
Examples of simulationsAnalysis of Thin Films and Multiple Layers
Review of rocking curves from thick layers
Thin single layers
Graded thick layers
Bragg case interferometers
Superlattices
General characteristics of large repeat superlatticesTriple-axis X-ray DiffractometryInstrumentation
Setting up a triple-axis experiment
Separation of lattice tilts and strains
Measurement of kinematical scattering from a defective surface
Measurement of distorted specimens
Full reciprocal space mapping
Applications of reciprocal space mappingSingle-crystal X-ray TopographyContrast mechanisms
The Berg-Barrett technique
Lang topography
Experimental procedures for taking Lang topographs
Topographic resolution
Contrast on X-ray topographs
Theoretical tools for the interpretation of X-ray topograph
contrast
Dislocation and stacking fault images in X-ray topographsDouble-crystal X-ray TopographyPrinciples and experimental geometries
Defect contrast in double-crystal topographs
Spatial resolution
Synchrotron radiation double-crystal topography
Applications of double-axis topographySynchrotron Radiation TopographySynchrotron radiation sources
Source requirements for synchrotron X-ray topography
Applicability of synchrotron radiation for X-ray topography
Techniques of synchrotron radiation topography