KINETIC GROWTH WITH SURFACE-DIFFUSION - THE SCALING ASPECT

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作者
YAN, H
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[1] Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Roberts Hall, FB-10, University of Washington, Seattle
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.3048
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present computer simulations of kinetic growth models with a physically realistic surface diffusion process and without desorption. The results demonstrate that the asymptotic statistical scaling properties of the surface generated under these conditions are still correctly depicted by the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) theory. We show that surface diffusion nevertheless introduces a novel type of scaling at early times which will eventually cross over to the KPZ scaling. Furthermore, we make a clear connection between kinetic growth models and molecular-beam-epitaxy processes by illustrating the impact of surface diffusion on reducing the concentration of bulk defects.
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页码:3048 / 3051
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