Takagi–Taupin dynamical X-ray diffraction simulations of asymmetric X-ray diffraction from crystals: the effects of surface undulations (original) (raw)
2020, Journal of Applied Crystallography
Dynamical X-ray diffraction simulations from crystals with surface undulations are reported. The Takagi–Taupin equations are applied and used to derive results in good agreement with experimental data reported in a separate paper [Macrander, Pereira, Huang, Kasman, Qian, Wojcik & Assoufid (2020). J. Appl. Cryst. 53, 789–792]. The development of Uragami [J. Phys. Soc. Jpn, (1969), 27, 147–154] is followed. Although previous work by Olekhnovich & Olekhnovich [Acta. Cryst. (1980), A36, 22–27] treated a crystal in the shape of a round cylinder, there do not seem to be any reports of previous dynamical X-ray diffraction treatments specifically for surface undulations. The significance of the present work is that it bridges the diffraction treatment of more classical dynamical diffraction theory, which assumes a flat surface, and the simple kinematic diffraction theory. The kinematic theory has, to date, been the primary means of simulating X-ray diffraction from surfaces.
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