Step velocity tuning of SrRuO3 step flow growth on SrTiO3

Details Step velocity tuning of SrRuO3 step flow growth on SrTiO3 Step velocity tuning of SrRuO3 step flow growth on SrTiO3

2011-02-10

arxiv.org/abs/1102.2085v1

Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 193401, 4 pages

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.83.193401

Taking advantage of vicinal (001) SrTiO3 substrates with different mean terrace widths, the heteroepitaxial growth of SrRuO3 in the step flow mode has been mapped as a function of mean step velocity. Transition between stable and unstable step flow is shown to occur at a well-defined critical step velocity, with a step bunching instability observed below this threshold. The ability to pass from unstable to stable step flow during growth upon increasing the mean step velocity is demonstrated. This result is discussed in terms of a stress-based driving force for step bunching in competition with an effective step-up adatom current.

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