Layer-by-layer growth for pulsed laser deposition

Phase Transitions

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Hinnemann, B ^a   Westerhoff, F ^a   Wolf, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ehrlich Schwoebel barriers; Pulsed laser deposition; Submonolayer growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION;

EHRLICH-SCHWOEBEL BARRIERS; LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH; SUBMONOLAYER GROWTH;

PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

EID: 0038062051     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: 10290338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411590290023049     Document Type: Article

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