Non-conserved dynamics of steps on vicinal surfaces during electromigration-induced step bunching |
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Authors: | M Ivanov J Krug |
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Institution: | 1.Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universit?t zu K?ln,K?ln,Germany |
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Abstract: | We report new results on the non-conserved dynamics of parallel steps on vicinal surfaces in the case of sublimation with
electromigration and step-step interactions. The derived equations are valid in the quasistatic approximation and in the limit
f
-1 ≫ l
D
≫ l
± ≫ l
i
, where f is the inverse electromigration length, l
D
the diffusion length, l
± the kinetic lengths and l
i
the terrace widths. The coupling between crystal sublimation and step-step interactions induces non-linear, non-conservative
terms in the equations of motion. Depending on the initial conditions, this leads to interrupted coarsening, anticoarsening
of step bunches or periodic switching between step trains of different numbers of bunches. |
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