Coherent x-ray diffraction from quantum dots

I. A. Vartanyants, I. K. Robinson, J. D. Onken, M. A. Pfeifer, G. J. Williams, F. Pfeiffer, H. Metzger, Z. Zhong, G. Bauer

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Abstract

Coherent x-ray diffraction is a new experimental method for studying perfect and imperfect crystals. Instead of incoherent averaging, a coherent sum of amplitudes produces a coherent diffraction pattern originating from the real space arrangement of the sample. We applied this method for studying quantum dot samples that were specially fabricated GeSi islands of nanometer size and in a regular array embedded into a Si substrate. A coherent beam was focused by special Kirkpatric-Baez optics to a micrometer size. In the experiment it was observed that such a microfocused coherent beam produced coherent diffraction pattern with Bragg spots and broad diffuse maxima. The diffuse peak breaks up into a fine speckle pattern. The grazing incidence diffraction pattern has a typical shape resulting from the periodic array of identical islands. We used this diffraction pattern to reconstruct the average shape of the islands using a model independent approach.

Original languageEnglish
Article number245302
JournalPhysical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume71
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

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