Recent high-resolution x-ray and neutron-scattering experiments for various
crystals with quenched defects of the random temperature type near magneti
c and structural phase transitions have revealed two different length scale
s. The coexistence of two scales was interpreted as a superposition effect
of scattering from the disordered layer containing defects, i.e., the surfa
ce layer (resulting in the larger correlation length) and from the bulk of
the sample (resulting in the shorter one which corresponds to the usual cri
tical fluctuation). Later, experimental evidence was found for the coexiste
nce of both scales in the same volume fraction of the sample. In our invest
igations the phase transition in an Ising ferromagnet containing edge dislo
cation dipoles is considered. The results of our computer simulations also
show that the two different length scales observed in real crystals appear
in the same volume Fraction. [S0163-1829(99)04034-5].