Step Bunching with Alternation of Structural Parameters

Details Step Bunching with Alternation of Structural Parameters Step Bunching with Alternation of Structural Parameters

2003-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0305155v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

8pages, 16 figures

Scientific paper

10.1143/JPSJ.72.2850

By taking account of the alternation of structural parameters, we study bunching of impermeable steps induced by drift of adatoms on a vicinal face of Si(001). With the alternation of diffusion coefficient, the step bunching occurs irrespective of the direction of the drift if the step distance is large. Like the bunching of permeable steps, the type of large terraces is determined by the drift direction. With step-down drift, step bunches grows faster than those with step-up drift. The ratio of the growth rates is larger than the ratio of the diffusion coefficients. Evaporation of adatoms, which does not cause the step bunching, decreases the difference. If only the alternation of kinetic coefficient is taken into account, the step bunching occurs with step-down drift. In an early stage, the initial fluctuation of the step distance determines the type of large terraces, but in a late stage, the type of large terraces is opposite to the case of alternating diffusion coefficient.

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