Method for determining the quality of light scattering material

摘要

A method of determining the crystalline quality of heteroepitaxial silicon material, particularly silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) and of homoepitaxial silicon material which uses the light scattering is disclosed. The material is exposed to a beam of light of a selected wavelength, and scattered light having an intensity above a threshold is detected to provide a signal which is used to control the intensity of a display beam of a visual display device. The threshold is varied to thereby vary the display beam intensity so as to provide the minimum intensity of display beam which yields a full display. The value of the thusly adjusted threshold intensity is used as a direct measure of the quality of the material.