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Asymmetry of anticrossing between atomic steps on metal and semiconductor surfaces. / Khoroshilov, V. S.; Kazantsev, D. M.; Alperovich, V. L. et al.
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 2227, No. 1, 012008, 28.03.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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T1 - Asymmetry of anticrossing between atomic steps on metal and semiconductor surfaces
AU - Khoroshilov, V. S.
AU - Kazantsev, D. M.
AU - Alperovich, V. L.
AU - Coupeau, C.
AU - Drouet, M.
N1 - Funding Information: The Monte-Carlo simulations and atomic force microscopy measurements on GaAs surfaces financially supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant number 19-72-30023). Publisher Copyright: © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2022/3/28
Y1 - 2022/3/28
N2 - The interaction between intersecting vicinal and dislocation-induced atomic steps on crystal surfaces is studied experimentally on Au(111) and GaAs(001) and numerically using Monte-Carlo simulation. The interaction between intersecting steps leads to the "anticrossing"phenomenon which consists in the formation of a three-level relief configuration with the upper and lower terraces separated by a nanometer-sized bridge of intermediate height. The anticrossing effect is driven by the effective repulsion of two new combinatory steps bordering the upper and lower terraces. Two types of asymmetry between the combinatory steps are considered. In particular, the reasons for different curvature radii of the upper and lower combinatory steps are discussed, along with the issue of why dislocation-induced steps remain straight under annealing, while vicinal steps obtain clear visible ledges.
AB - The interaction between intersecting vicinal and dislocation-induced atomic steps on crystal surfaces is studied experimentally on Au(111) and GaAs(001) and numerically using Monte-Carlo simulation. The interaction between intersecting steps leads to the "anticrossing"phenomenon which consists in the formation of a three-level relief configuration with the upper and lower terraces separated by a nanometer-sized bridge of intermediate height. The anticrossing effect is driven by the effective repulsion of two new combinatory steps bordering the upper and lower terraces. Two types of asymmetry between the combinatory steps are considered. In particular, the reasons for different curvature radii of the upper and lower combinatory steps are discussed, along with the issue of why dislocation-induced steps remain straight under annealing, while vicinal steps obtain clear visible ledges.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/2227/1/012008
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/2227/1/012008
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85127951435
VL - 2227
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
SN - 1742-6588
IS - 1
M1 - 012008
T2 - 23rd Russian Youth Conference on Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Opto- and Nanoelectronics, RYCPS 2021
Y2 - 22 November 2021 through 26 November 2021
ER -
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