Multiple domain dynamics simulated with coupled level sets

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1165-1170

  Ratsch, C ^a   Anderson, C ^a   Caflisch, R E ^a   Feigenbaum, L ^a   Shaevitz, D ^a   Sheffler, M ^a   Tiee, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; Island dynamics; Level set; Surface reconstructions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS;

ISLAND BOUNDARIES; ISLAND DYNAMICS; LEVEL SET FUNCTIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

SET THEORY;

EID: 0242610955     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(03)90112-1     Document Type: Article

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