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Auteur / Autrice : Kiran Rajivsingh Mundboth
Direction : Günther BauerTill Hartmut Metzger
Type : Thèse de doctorat
Discipline(s) : Physique
Date : Soutenance en 2008
Etablissement(s) : Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble ; 1971-2015) en cotutelle avec Johannes-Kepler-Universität (Linz, Autriche)

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We show in this work a novel approach called scanning x-ray diffraction microscopy (SXDM) which enables to characterise a single SiGe/Si (001) island by combining the advantages of image microscopy with high resolution diffraction. The technique consists of focusing an x-ray beam to a spot small enough to illuminate one island and thereafter perform diffraction. SXDM further allows to image and identify the different islands in real space whereby their precise positions are obtained so that the islands can be translated individually in the beam focus and made to undergo diffraction. From different measurements on individual islands, we show clear evidence of variations in the structural properties from one island to another, yet grown on the same sample under similar conditions; this wou Id have not been possible if an unfocused x-ray beam was used. Through finite-element calculations (FEM), the different strain and composition profiles of the islands are determined thereby establishing a structure model for the islands. Eventually, we show that SXDM can be combined with local probe devices such as atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate possible interactions between the surface the AFM tip, for instance surface deformations. Key words: Quantum dots, SiGe islands, X-rays, X-ray diffraction, Characterisation, AFM.