Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier controlled slope selection in epitaxial growth

Details Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier controlled slope selection in epitaxial growth Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier controlled slope selection in epitaxial growth

1999-05-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9905134v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

17 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1007/s100510051111

We examine the step dynamics in a 1+1 dimensional model of epitaxial growth based on the BCF-theory. The model takes analytically into account the diffusion of adatoms, an incorporation mechanism and an Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier at step edges. We find that the formation of mounds with a stable slope is closely related to the presence of an incorporation mechanism. We confirm this finding using a Solid-On-Solid model in 2+1 dimensions. In the case of an infinite step edge barrier we are able to calculate the saturation profile analytically. Without incorporation but with inclusion of desorption and detachment we find a critical flux for instable growth but no slope selection. In particular, we show that the temperature dependence of the selected slope is solely determined by the Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier which opens a new possibility in order to measure this fundamental barrier in experiments.

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