Amorphous thin film growth: theory compared with experiment
Condensed Matter
2009-10-31 v3
Abstract
Experimental results on amorphous ZrAlCu thin film growth and the dynamics of the surface morphology as predicted from a minimal nonlinear stochastic deposition equation are analysed and compared. Key points of this study are (i) an estimation procedure for coefficients entering into the growth equation and (ii) a detailed analysis and interpretation of the time evolution of the correlation length and the surface roughness. The results corroborate the usefulness of the deposition equation as a tool for studying amorphous growth processes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9912249,
title = {Amorphous thin film growth: theory compared with experiment},
author = {M. Raible and S. G. Mayr and S. J. Linz and M. Moske and P. Hänggi and K. Samwer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9912249},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages including 5 figures