INSITU SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION OF SURFACE-MORPHOLOGY OF GAAS(001) GROWN BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

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HELLER, EJ
LAGALLY, MG
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[1] University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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10.1063/1.106892
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The surface morphology of molecular-beam-epitaxy-grown GaAs(001) has been investigated using in situ scanning tunneling microscopy and reflection high-energy electron diffraction. Films grown on nominally flat substrates at very slow growth rates display a multilevel system of terraces elongated along [110BAR], suggesting an edge energy anisotropy of the order of 10:1 and a preference for sticking at B-type steps.
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