The 3rd Autumn School of
X-ray Scattering from Surfaces and Thin Layers

1. - 4. October 1997
Smolenice castle, Slovakia


Program of the school:


up to 13:30 arrival, lunch, accommodating

Wednesday 1. 10. 1997

15:00 Metin Tolan (tutorial) :  X-ray reflectometry
15.45 - 16.00     BREAK
16:00 Samolienko: On the statistical interpretation of x-ray reflectivity data fitting

16:20

Bolm: X-ray reflectivity and GID from organic multilayers

16:40

Fulthorpe: X-ray reflectivity studies of sputtered Cu/Co multilayers on etched silicon

17:00

Stangl: X-ray reflectivity from Si/Si/Ge/SiC superlattices
17:20 - 17.40     BREAK
17:40 Safronov: LB films of three-component random copolymers with chromophore groups and study by X-ray diffraction

18:00

Nefedov: High resolution X-ray scattering of thin Pt films on Sapphire

18:20

Eisenschmidt: Reflectometry at Bi/Ti layers

19:00

DINNER

20:00

GET-TOGETHER PARTY

Thursday 2. 10. 1997

 7:45

BREAKFAST

 8:30

Ullrich Pietsch (tutorial) :  High-resolution X-ray diffraction
 9.15 - 9.30     BREAK
 9:30 Thiele: Reciprocal space mapping of Si/Ge multiquantum wells

 9:50

Zeimer: High-resolution XRD from buried SQW

10:10

Schaefer: Determination of the deformation tensor of ZnSe epilayers pseudomorphically grown on misoriented GaAs substrate

10:30

Dynowska: Strain relaxation of CdTe/CdMnTe and CdTe/MnTe superlattices grown by MBE on GaAs (100)
11.10 - 11.30     BREAK
11:30 ourek: High resolution X-ray diffraction by III-V semiconductor layers

11:50

Korn: Characterization of ZnSTe/ZnTe superlattices

12:10

Gerhard: Comparison of superlattices based on ZnSTe and BeTe

12:30

Haratuyunyan: X-ray diffraction investigation of the relaxation state in strained GaInAs/GaAs multilayer structures

13:00

LUNCH

15:30

Juergen Haertwig (tutorial) :  X-ray topography
16.15 - 16.30     BREAK
16:30 Ludwig: X-ray topographic analysis of dislocations in thin SIMOX layers

16:50

Markov: Surface demages revealing in chemical-mechanical polished silicon wafers by X-ray grazing incidence topography and TEM

17:10

Kinne: Image platess as detectors in high-resolution X-ray diffraction
17:30 - 17:50     BREAK
17:50 Ress: Utilization of image plates for high resolution X-ray diffraction

18:10

Eichhorn: X-ray characterization of Si implanted with MeV Ge ions

18:30

Poloucek: X-ray reflectivity from DNA monolayers

19:00

DINNER

20:00

Leszcynski: Microstructure of GaN surface, epilayers and bulk crystals

20:20

Mazur: X-ray high resolution diffraction study of the mechanical treatment related defects

20:40

Nesterents: X-ray diffraction from superlattices with microdefects and layer thickness fluctuations

21:00

WINE PARTY

Friday 3. 10. 1997

 7:45

BREAKFAST

 8:30

Tim Salditt (tutorial) :  X-ray diffuse scattering
 9:15 - 9:30     BREAK
 9:30 Neumann: X-ray magnetic circulr dichrosim studies from modulated specular reflectivity

 9:50

Beck: Structural characterization of duried delta layers in Si(100) by non-specular reflectivity and reciprocal space mapping

10:10

Grim: Diffuse reflectivity of strain compensated Si/SiGe multilayers

10:30

Valvoda: Quantitative comparison of structural parameters of magnetic multilayers obtained by diffraction methods and by direct imaging techniques
10:50 - 11:10     BREAK
11:10 Veldkamp: Two dimensional scanning diffractometry for gradient optics investigation

11:30

Loehmann: Structure of sputtered molybdenum in single layers and multilayers with silicon

11:50

Grenzer: High-resolution XRD and X-ray diffuse scattering from semiconductor multilayers

12:10

Bak-Misiuk: Influence of hydrostatic pressure on transformation AlGaAs/GaAs interface

12.30

Domagala: Methodology of lattice parameter measurements for bent crystals

13:00

LUNCH

15:30

Sergey Stepanov (tutorial) :  X-ray grazing incidence diffraction
16:15 - 16:30     BREAK
16:30 Ulyanenkov: Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction from multilayers in view of diffuse scattering from rough interfaces

16:50

Sauer: Ti diffusion in LiNbO3 characterized by useing X-ray grazing incidence diffraction

17:10

Kovats: Huang scattering under grazing incidence from pseudomorphic SiC layers on Si

17:50

Kondrashkina: High-resolution diffraction and grazing incidence X-ray scattering from InGaP/GaAs multilayers

18:10

Fanchenko: Some aspects of grazing-incidence diffraction from crystals inhomogeneous films

18:30

Clarke: Asymmetries in grazing incidence diffuse X-ray scattering

18:50

Schroer: Three beam interferences on layered systems

20:00

FIRE PARTY

Saturday 4. 10. 1997

 7:45

BREAKFAST

 8:30

Tilo Baumbach (tutorial) :  X-ray diffraction from structurized surfaces
 9:15 - 9:30     BREAK
 9:30 Mikulik: X-ray reflectivity from multilayer gratings

 9:50

Zhuang: Diffraction and reflectivity studies on Si/SiGe reactive ion etched periodic wire and dot structures

10:10

Darhuber: X-ray diffraction and reflection from self assembeled quantum dots

10:30

Luebbert: Determination of relaxation effects in semiconductor heterostructures by X-ray grazing incidence diffraction
10:50 - 11:10     BREAK
11:10 Ponti: Strain investigation in semiconductor epitaxial lateral structures

11:30

Darowski: X-ray grazing incidence diffraction from buried quantum wires

11:50

Wiebach: Strain in Si(1-x)Gex islands on silicon investigated by x-ray diffraction

12:10

Kharchenko: Influence of secondary extinction on X-ray diffraction from nonuniform crystals with microdefects

12:30

Sozonov: Photoemmission excited by the interference X-ray wave field for structural characterization of surface layers and thin films
13:00 LUNCH

END OF THE MEETING


The organizing committee:

Prof. Dr. Ullrich Pietsch
Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Dr. Vaclav Holy
Department of Solid State Physics, Faculty of Science Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Dr. Dusan Korytar
Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Science, Piestany, Slovak Republic