STRAINED STATE OF GE(SI) ISLANDS ON SI - FINITE-ELEMENT CALCULATIONS AND COMPARISON TO CONVERGENT-BEAM ELECTRON-DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS

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CHRISTIANSEN, S [1 ]
ALBRECHT, M [1 ]
STRUNK, HP [1 ]
MAIER, HJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ERLANGEN NURNBERG,INST WERKSTOFFWISSENSCH ALLGEMEINE WERKSTOFFEIGENSCHAFTEN,D-91058 ERLANGEN,GERMANY
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10.1063/1.111217
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In this letter we present calculations by three-dimensional finite element method and measurements by convergent beam electron diffraction of the displacement field resulting from misfitting Ge0.85Si0.25 islands on Si(001). A good agreement between the results of both methods indicates that the three-dimensional finite element method is a reliable tool to calculate the strain, and thus the stress field, in such nanostructures. As a result both methods show that the substrate substantially takes part in the elastic relaxation process in such heteroepitaxial systems.
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