CAN EPILAYER TILT RELIEVE MISFIT STRAIN IN LATTICE-MISMATCHED HETEROSTRUCTURES

Authors
RIESZ F
Citation
F. Riesz, CAN EPILAYER TILT RELIEVE MISFIT STRAIN IN LATTICE-MISMATCHED HETEROSTRUCTURES, Vacuum, 46(8-10), 1995, pp. 1021-1023
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Vacuum → ACNP
ISSN journal
0042207X
Volume
46
Issue
8-10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1021 - 1023
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-207X(1995)46:8-10<1021:CETRMS>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Small tilting of the epilayer lattice planes is commonly observed in l attice-mismatched epilayers grown on vicinal substrates. This tilt is commonly believed to be an alternative strain-relieving mechanism to t he formation of misfit dislocations. It is shown that this is not like ly for (100) heterosystems, because the introduction of those dislocat ions is favorable which relax misfit rather than those which induce ti lt. The model shows good agreement with experimental observations.