Photoluminescence study of the initial stages of island formation for Ge pyramids/domes and hut clusters on Si(001)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1905-1907

  Schmidt, O G ^a   Lange, C ^a   Eberl, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001206295     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124867     Document Type: Article

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1. In this letter we only focus on defect-free islands. For larger Ge coverages, additional island shapes and sizes with well developed {111} and {311} facets can be observed.
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