Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-02-04
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
10 pages, 4 figures, 1 table
Scientific paper
The morphology evolution of Si (100) surfaces under 1200 eV Ar+ ion bombardment at normal incidence with and without metal incorporation is presented. The formation of nanodot patterns is observed only when the stationary Fe concentration in the surface is above 8x10^14 cm^-2. This is interpreted in terms of an additional surface instability due to non-uniform sputtering in connection with metal enrichment at the nanodots. At low metal concentration smoothing dominates and pattern formation is thus inhibited. The transition from a k^-2 to a k^-4 behavior in the asymptotic power spectral density function supports the conclusion that ballistic smoothing and ion-enhanced viscous flow are the two dominant mechanisms of surface relaxation.
Facsko Stefan
Lu Ming
Moeller Wolfhard
Zhou Jing
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