SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPIC STUDY ON THE INITIAL GROWTH OF BI2SR2CUO6 THIN-FILMS ON SRTIO3(001) BY LASER MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

被引:12
作者
KOGUCHI, K
MATSUMOTO, T
KAWAI, T
KAWAI, S
机构
[1] The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Mihogaoka, Ibaraki, Osaka
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 4A期
关键词
STM; RHEED; BI2SR2CUO6; LASER MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; INITIAL STAGE OF GROWTH; LAYERED GROWTH;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.L514
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
The initial growth mechanism of Bi2Sr2CuO6 thin films has been studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED) on c-axis oriented ultrathin films prepared by laser molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Layered growth films show an atomically flat surface with 0.4 nm height steps, suggesting the existence of an extra BiO layer on the topmost surface. The modulation structure strongly affects growth direction in the a-b plane. Preferential growth occurs along the modulation-free a-axis. Comparison has been made between STM images and RHEED patterns during the growth.
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页码:L514 / L516
页数:3
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