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determ<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> orientation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> micrograph accurately s<strong>in</strong>ce it is known that <strong>the</strong><br />
stack<strong>in</strong>g fault is ly<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> {111} planes.<br />
The dislocation has a zig zag image character <strong>in</strong>dicat<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> dislocation l<strong>in</strong>e is<br />
<strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed extend<strong>in</strong>g most probably from top to bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foil. Also <strong>the</strong> projected<br />
image <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dislocation l<strong>in</strong>e is perpendicular to <strong>the</strong> fr<strong>in</strong>ges <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> stack<strong>in</strong>g fault. All<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se facts along with <strong>the</strong> visibility and <strong>in</strong>visibility <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> defect us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> different<br />
220 reflections po<strong>in</strong>ted towards <strong>the</strong> dislocation be<strong>in</strong>g a 60° type commonly found <strong>in</strong><br />
z<strong>in</strong>c-blende structures with <strong>the</strong> Burgers vector <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type ½ and <strong>the</strong> dislocation<br />
l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> a direction mak<strong>in</strong>g an angle <strong>of</strong> 60° with <strong>the</strong> Burgers vector.<br />
However <strong>the</strong> projected length <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dislocation is 397 nm, which gives a foil<br />
thickness <strong>of</strong> 561 nm by us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> beam direction [111] with <strong>the</strong> dislocation l<strong>in</strong>e [110].<br />
This foil thickness is too thick to be electron transparent. The geometrical setup used<br />
is shown <strong>in</strong> Fig. 7.17.<br />
Fig. 7.17. The geometrical setup used to <strong>in</strong>fer <strong>the</strong> foil thickness from an assumed<br />
dislocation l<strong>in</strong>e direction<br />
Next <strong>the</strong> foil thickness was determ<strong>in</strong>ed by us<strong>in</strong>g CBED. The CBED micrograph taken<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> dislocation is shown <strong>in</strong> Fig. 7.18.