Sink strength calculations of dislocations and loops using OKMC

Highlights: •The sink strength for dislocations and loops are calculated using OKMC. •The master curves for the 1D to 3D defect migration transition are well reproduced. •We find that OKMC and theory are in good agreement for low volume fractions. -- Abstract: We calculate the sink strength of dislocations and toroidal absorbers using Object Kinetic Monte Carlo and compare with the theoretical expressions. We get good agreement for dislocations and loop-shaped absorbers of 3D migrating defects, provided that the volume fraction is low, and fair agreements for dislocations with 1D migrating defects. The master curve for the 3D to 1D transition is well reproduced with loop-shaped absorbers and fairly well with dislocations. We conclude that, on the one hand, the master curve is correct for a wide range of sinks and that, on the other, OKMC techniques inherently take correctly into account the strengths of sinks of any shape, provided that an effective way of appropriately inserting the sinks to be studied can be found