High island densities in pulsed laser deposition: Causes and implications

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Schmid, M ^a   Lenauer, C ^a   Buchsbaum, A ^a   Wimmer, F ^a   Rauchbauer, G ^a   Scheiber, P ^a   Betz, G ^a   Varga, P ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITED MATERIALS; DIFFUSING ATOMS; HETEROEPITAXY; HOMOEPITAXY; INSTANTANEOUS FLUX; ION ENERGIES; ISLAND DENSITY; LAYER-BY-LAYER GROWTH; METAL GROWTH; PT(111); THERMAL DEPOSITION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; PLATINUM; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

IONS;

EID: 68949086136     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.076101     Document Type: Article

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