An improved theory relating the separation of misfit dislocations in a heteroepitaxial thin film undergoing a continuous process of strain relaxation by the introduction of dislocations is presented. Because it provides a quantitative relationship between the dislocation spacing, misfit, total system energy, and film thickness, a number of quantities such as energy gain on formation of the dislocation network as a function of dislocation spacing can be estimated. The model allows calculation of useful thermodynamic quantities such as the compressibility of the misfit array which are useful for determining the average spacing of dislocations, the thickness at which dislocations are introduced (the critical thickness), and the dispersion in dislocation spacings in arrays.
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May 01 1991
Factors affecting the formation, uniformity, and density of misfit and threading dislocation arrays during heteroepitaxial growth
A. Rockett;
A. Rockett
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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C. J. Kiely
C. J. Kiely
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom
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J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 9, 880–884 (1991)
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Received:
October 08 1990
Accepted:
November 12 1990
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A. Rockett, C. J. Kiely; Factors affecting the formation, uniformity, and density of misfit and threading dislocation arrays during heteroepitaxial growth. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 May 1991; 9 (3): 880–884. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.577334
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