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Phys. Rev. A 43, 900–919 (1991)

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Columnar growth in oblique incidence ballistic deposition: Faceting, noise reduction, and mean-field theory

Joachim Krug

Theoretische Physik, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Theresienstrasse 37, D-8000 München 2, Germany

Paul Meakin

Central Research and Development Department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company, Experimental Station E356/153, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0356

Several aspects of the columnar structure encountered in vapor deposition at oblique particle incidence are studied through a combination of theoretical analysis and computer simulations. First, a general macroscopic theory of columnar growth is presented that yields, among other results, an expression for the columnar growth angle. We then focus on the role of noise in columnar growth, using two simple square-lattice ballistic deposition models–finite-density deposition and noise-reduced deposition–in which the amount of fluctuations in the growth process can be tuned by varying a control parameter. In both models faceting of the column tips stabilizes the columnar morphology. In the finite-density model, we find a faceting transition related to directed percolation. Some characteristics of columnar growth are retrieved within a mean-field approximation. Simulations carried out on d-dimensional hypercubic lattices up to d=6 indicate that the deposit density converges to its mean-field value in the limit d--> [infinity] .

©1991 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v43/p900
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.43.900
PACS: 81.15.-z, 05.70.Jk, 68.55.-a

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