Adatom diffusion on vicinal surfaces with permeable steps

Details Adatom diffusion on vicinal surfaces with permeable steps Adatom diffusion on vicinal surfaces with permeable steps

2008-12-15

arxiv.org/abs/0812.2830v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

12 pages, 6 figures

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We study the behavior of single atoms on an infinite vicinal surface assuming certain degree of step permeability. Assuming complete lack of re-evaporation an ruling out nucleation the atoms will inevitably join kink sites at the steps but can do many attempts before that. Increasing the probability of step permeability or the kink spacing lead to increase of the number of steps crossed before incorporation of the atoms into kink sites. The asymmetry of the attachment-detachment kinetics (Ehrlich-Schwoebel effect) suppresses the step permeability and completely eliminates it in the extreme case of infinite Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier. The average number of permeability events per atom scales with the average kink spacing. A negligibly small drift of the adatoms in a direction perpendicular to the steps leads to a significant asymmetry of the distribution of the permeability events the atoms thus visiting more distant steps in the direction of the drift.

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