Floro JA, Sinclair MB, Chason E, Freund LB, Twesten RD, Hwang RQ, Lucadamo GA. Novel SiGe island coarsening kinetics: ostwald ripening and elastic interactions.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2000;
84:701-704. [PMID:
11017351 DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.84.701]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
Real-time light scattering measurements of coherent island coarsening during SiGe/Si heteroepitaxy reveal unusual kinetics. In particular, the mean island volume increases superlinearly with time, while the areal density of islands decreases at a faster-than-linear rate. Neither observation is consistent with standard considerations of Ostwald ripening. Modification of the standard theory to incorporate the effect of elastic interactions in the growing island array reproduces the observed behavior.
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