Anisotropy of low-temperature field evaporation of metals

A metal-surface microtopography formed by low-temperature field evaporation is analyzed by the methods of field-ion microscopy and computer modeling. It is shown that the anisotropy of the field evaporation and the regional distribution of the brightness of the ion-microscope image correspond to the configuration of the first Brillouin zones. Pis’ma Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 65, No. 7, 516–520 (10 April 1997)