Spatially resolved elastic strain and lattice rotation at threading dislocations in HgCdTe/CdZnTe epilayers by dark-field X-ray microscopy

C. Yildirim, A. Benhadjira, P. Ballet +5

Threading dislocations (TDs) propagating from a Cd${}_{1-y}$Zn${}_y$Te (CZT) substrate into a liquid-phase-epitaxy Hg${}_{1-x}$Cd${}_x$Te (MCT) epilayer set the minority-carrier lifeti…