a <100> dislocation loops in electron irradiated cadmium telluride

In order to observe the radiation damage in undoped cadmium telluride created by an electron beam, irradiation experiments have been carried out in a high voltage electron microscope. After exposure to the electron beam during 15 min dislocation loops can be observed. The nature of these agglomerates has been determined by diffraction analysis and computer simulations. The loops have generally a Burgers vector parallel to (111) or (110) directions. Some rare specimens whose Burgers vector is a (100) and which are of interstitial type have also been characterized. A direct comparison of experimental micrographs with calculated intensities has been made based on the two-beam dynamical theory of electron diffraction in the case of the isotropic elasticity