MOLECULAR-BEAM HOMOEPITAXIAL GROWTH OF MGO(001)

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CHAMBERS, SA
TRAN, TT
HILEMAN, TA
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[1] Molecular Science Research Center, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
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10.1557/JMR.1994.2944
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T [工业技术];
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We describe homoepitaxial growth and detailed in situ characterization of MgO(001). We have used, for the first time, high-speed Auger electron spectroscopy as a real-time probe of film composition during growth. Excellent short-range and long-range crystallographic order are achieved in films grown to a thickness of several hundred angstroms in the substrate temperature range of 450 degrees C to 750 degrees C. Moreover, the films become more laminar as the growth temperature increases, suggesting that MgO grows homoepitaxially by the step-flow growth mechanism at elevated temperature. The surfaces of films grown at 650 degrees and 750 degrees C are smoother than those obtained by cleaving MgO(001).
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