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Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3615–3618 (1993)

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Homoepitaxial growth of iron and a real space view of reflection-high-energy-electron diffraction

Joseph A. Stroscio, D. T. Pierce, and R. A. Dragoset

Electron Physics Group, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

We report real space views of the homoepitaxial growth of Fe on Fe(001) whiskers observed by scanning tunneling microscopy. A measure of the surface diffusion of the Fe atoms is obtained over the temperature range of 20–250 °C. The effect of the diffusion kinetics is observed in the surface morphology as a decrease in the interface width with temperature. Measurements of reflection-high-energy-electron diffraction during growth allow a comparison of real and reciprocal space techniques.

©1993 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v70/p3615
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3615
PACS: 68.55.Bd, 61.16.Ch, 68.35.Bs, 68.35.Fx

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