Ordering of Ge islands on hill-patterned Si (001) templates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Gang ^a   Vastola, G ^a,b   Lichtenberger, H ^a   Pachinger, D ^a   Bauer, G ^a   Jantsch, W ^a   Schaffler F ^a   Miglio, Leo ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; NUCLEATION; PRISMS; SUBSTRATES;

ORDERING MECHANISM; PIT-PATTERNED SUBSTRATES;

SILICON;

EID: 41049113153     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2898522     Document Type: Article

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