By comparing the scanning tunnel microscope images of the morphological evolution in Ge/Si(001) during Si overgrowth with the results of classical molecular-dynamic simulation and ab initio calculations for Si distribution in the wetting layer, we conclude that the disappearance of the (MxN) reconstruction is determined by Si-Ge intermixing in the third and fourth layers in the Ge wetting layer. The subsequent evolution of the (2xN) pattern, where N increases with further Si deposition, is shown to be produced by Si-Ge intermixing in the second layer. We suggest that this process corresponds to a crossover between thermodynamic behavior and kinetic behavior, which eventually leads to the Si capping.

Migas, D., Raiteri, P., Miglio, L., Rastelli, A., von Kanel, H. (2004). Evolution of the Ge/Si(001) wetting layer during Si overgrowth and crossover between thermodynamic and kinetic behavior. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 69(23) [10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235318].

Evolution of the Ge/Si(001) wetting layer during Si overgrowth and crossover between thermodynamic and kinetic behavior

MIGLIO, LEONIDA;
2004

Abstract

By comparing the scanning tunnel microscope images of the morphological evolution in Ge/Si(001) during Si overgrowth with the results of classical molecular-dynamic simulation and ab initio calculations for Si distribution in the wetting layer, we conclude that the disappearance of the (MxN) reconstruction is determined by Si-Ge intermixing in the third and fourth layers in the Ge wetting layer. The subsequent evolution of the (2xN) pattern, where N increases with further Si deposition, is shown to be produced by Si-Ge intermixing in the second layer. We suggest that this process corresponds to a crossover between thermodynamic behavior and kinetic behavior, which eventually leads to the Si capping.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Ge; Si; surface reconstruction
English
2004
69
23
235318
none
Migas, D., Raiteri, P., Miglio, L., Rastelli, A., von Kanel, H. (2004). Evolution of the Ge/Si(001) wetting layer during Si overgrowth and crossover between thermodynamic and kinetic behavior. PHYSICAL REVIEW. B, CONDENSED MATTER AND MATERIALS PHYSICS, 69(23) [10.1103/PhysRevB.69.235318].
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