Three-dimensional kinetic Monte Carlo simulation of prepatterned quantum-dot island growth

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Pan, E ^a   Sun, M ^a   Chung, P W ^b   Zhu, R ^c  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STRAIN ENERGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PREPATTERNED QUANTUM-DOT ISLAND GROWTH; PREPATTERNING METHOD; SELF-ORGANIZING QUANTUM DOTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 36048948067     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2812572     Document Type: Article

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