Variation of Etch Pit Size by Screw Dislocation Tilt in 4H-SiC Wafer

The wide size distribution of the hexagonal etch pit of screw dislocations (SD) in 4H-SiC wafer was found in spite of the narrow size distribution of the SD pit in epitaxial film. Calculation on the basis of the strain energy equation indicated that etch pit size depends on the Burgers vector and dislocation tilt. Size variation of SD etch pits in 4H-SiC wafer fabricated by sublimation method is explained to be caused by the dislocation tilt by observing the sizes and the positions of etch pits from the surface of the epitaxial film to the inside of 4H-SiC wafer. The SDs in 4H-SiC wafer fabricated by sublimation method propagate to c-axis direction in macroscopic but changing tilt in microscopic.

Source:Applied Surface Science

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