STRONG OPTICAL ANISOTROPY OF THE SINGLE-DOMAIN 5X2-AU RECONSTRUCTION ON VICINAL SI(111)

Authors
POWER JR WEIGHTMAN P OMAHONY JD
Citation
Jr. Power et al., STRONG OPTICAL ANISOTROPY OF THE SINGLE-DOMAIN 5X2-AU RECONSTRUCTION ON VICINAL SI(111), Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 56(7), 1997, pp. 3587-3590
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
56
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3587 - 3590
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1997)56:7<3587:SOAOTS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy is applied to metal overlayer grow th on the silicon (111) surface. Submonolayer coverages of Au are appl ied to a stepped Si(111) surface. The evolution of the single-domain A u-induced 5X2 superstructure is seen to produce an optical anisotropy of considerable amplitude for saturation coverage. The optical anisotr opy in the region of 2.7 eV is unambiguously assigned to the bonding o rientation within the 5X2 unit cell.