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Two-Dimensional Strain-Mapping by Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Confocal Raman Spectroscopy

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Author(s)

Andrew J. Gayle, Lawrence Henry Friedman, Ryan Beams, Brian G. Bush, Yvonne B. Gerbig, Chris A. Michaels, Mark D. Vaudin, Robert F. Cook

Abstract

The strain field surrounding a spherical indentation in silicon is mapped in two dimensions (2- D) using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) cross-correlation and confocal Raman spectroscopy techniques. The 200 mN indentation created a 4 m diameter residual contact impression in the silicon (001) surface. Maps about 50 m × 50 m area with 128 pixels × 128 pixels were generated in several hours, greatly extending the mapping capabilities of both techniques to multiaxial strain states in 2-D. EBSD measurements showed a residual strain field dominated by in-surface normal and shear strains, with alternating tensile and compressive lobes extending about three to four indentation diameters from the contact and exhibiting two- fold symmetry. Raman measurements showed a residual Raman shift field, dominated by positive shifts, also extending about three to four indentation diameters from the contact but exhibiting four-fold symmetry. The 2-D EBSD results, in combination with a mechanical- spectroscopic analysis, were used to successfully predict the 2-D Raman shift map in scale, symmetry, and shift magnitude. Both techniques should be useful in enhancing the reliability of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) through identification of the 2-D strain fields in MEMS devices.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
122

Keywords

strain, electron diffraction, Raman spectroscopy

Citation

Gayle, A. , Friedman, L. , Beams, R. , Bush, B. , Gerbig, Y. , Michaels, C. , Vaudin, M. and Cook, R. (2017), Two-Dimensional Strain-Mapping by Electron Backscatter Diffraction and Confocal Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5001270, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=923838 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created November 26, 2017, Updated October 12, 2021