Abstract
This chapter solves the Schrödinger equation for a high-energy electron in a solid with translational periodicity — i.e., a crystal. Section 11.2.1 derives the dynamical equations (the “Howie-Whelan-Darwin equations”) from the Bethe treatment of the Schrödinger equation, and contains the most condensed mathematics in the book. For a first approach to this chapter, the authors recommend reading the following sections in this order: 11.3,’ the first two short subsections of 11.2.1, 11.2.3, the first subsection of 11.4.1,’ and finally 11.5. These sections offer an intuitive understanding of the issues in dynamical theory. These sections show how the wavefunction of the high-energy electron is affected by the potential energy of the crystal — specifically, the periodicity of the potential energy that originates with the periodicity of the atom arrangements. It turns out that the periodic potential causes the amplitude of the high-energy electron to be transferred back-and-forth (“dynamically”) between the forward-scattered1and diffracted wavefunctions (11.20). At the precise Laue condition for strong diffraction (s= 0), the physical distance over which the wave amplitude is transferred back-and-forth once is called the “extinction distance.” The extinction distance is shown to be inversely proportional to the Fourier component of the crystal potential, U g , where gequals the difference in wavevector of the two coupled beams.
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Further Reading
S. Amelinckx, R. Gevers and J. Van Landuyt: Diffraction and Imaging Techniques in Materials Science(North-Holland, Amsterdam 1978).
J. M. Cowley: Diffraction Physics, 2nd edn. (North-Holland, Amsterdam 1975).
P. B. Hirsch, A. Howie, R. B. Nicholson, D. W. Pashley, and M. J. Whelan: Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals(R. E. Krieger, Malabar, Florida 1977).
A. J. F. Metherell: “Diffraction of Electrons by Perfect Crystals,” in Electron Microscopy in Materials Science77, U. Valdre and E. Ruedl, Eds. (CEC Brussels 1975) pp. 387.
L. Reimer: Transmission Electron Microscopy: Physics of Image Formation and Microanalysis, 4th edn. (Springer-Verlag, New York 1997).
J. C. H. Spence and J. M. Zuo: Electron Microdiffraction(Plenum Press 1992).
G. Thomas and M. J. Goringe: Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials(Wiley-Interscience, New York 1979).
D. B. Williams and C. B. Carter: Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials Science(Plenum Press, New York 1996).
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Figure reprinted with the courtesy of Dr. Y. C. Chang.
P. B. Hirsch, A. Howie, R. B. Nicholson, D. W. Pashley, and M. J. Whelan: Electron Microscopy of Thin Crystals(R. E. Krieger, Malabar, Florida 1977) pp. 222–242.
N. Prabhu and J. M. Howe: Phil. Mag. A 63, 650 (1991). Figure reprinted with the courtesy of Taylor & Francis, Ltd.
A. W. Wilson: Microstructural Examination of NiAl Alloys. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (1999). Figure reprinted with the courtesy of Dr. A. W. Wilson.
Peter Rez, private communication of academic course notes.
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Fultz, B., Howe, J.M. (2001). Dynamical Theory. In: Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04516-9_11
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