Direct imaging of light elements by annular dark-field aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy

作者:Lotnyk Andriy*; Poppitz David; Gerlach Juergen W; Rauschenbach Bernd
来源:Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 104(7): 071908.
DOI:10.1063/1.4866185

摘要

In this report, we show that an annular dark-field detector in an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope allows the direct observation of light element columns in crystalline lattices. At specific imaging conditions, an enhancement of the intensities of light element columns in the presence of heavy element columns is observed. Experimental results are presented for imaging the nitrogen and carbon atomic columns at the GaN-SiC interface and within the GaN and SiC compounds. The crystal polarity of GaN at the interface is identified. The obtained findings are discussed and are well supported by image simulations.

  • 出版日期2014-2-17