Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Journal of Applied Physics
89 (2001), S. 5949-5960
ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
The shape effect of anisotropic-shaped microvoid defects in Czochralski-grown silicon wafers on the intensity of laser scattering has been investigated. The size and shape of the defects were examined by means of transmission electron microscopy. Octahedral voids in conventional (nitrogen-undoped) wafers showed an almost isotropic scattering property under the incident condition of a p-polarization beam. On the other hand, parallelepiped-plate-shaped voids in nitrogen-doped wafers showed an anisotropic scattering property on both p- and s-polarized components of scattered light, depending strongly on the incident laser direction. The measured results were explained not by scattering calculation using Born approximation but by calculation based on Rayleigh scattering. It was found that the s component is explained by an inclination of a dipole moment induced on a defect from the scattering plane. Furthermore, using numerical electromagnetic analysis it was shown that the asymmetric behavior of the s component on the parallelepiped-plate voids is ascribed to the parallelepiped shape effect. These results suggest that correction of the scattering intensity is necessary to evaluate the size and volume of anisotropic-shaped defects from the scattered intensity. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1368176
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