Ion-induced formation of regular nanostructures on amorphous GaSb surfaces

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-132

  Facsko, S ^a   Bobek, T ^a   Kurz, H ^a   Dekorsy, T ^b   Kyrsta, S ^a   Cremer, R ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SURFACE LAYERS; LOW-ENERGY AR; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NORMAL INCIDENCE; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; SPUTTER EROSION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

SURFACES;

EID: 79955988602     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1429750     Document Type: Article

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