Island dynamics and the level set method for epitaxial growth

We adapt the level set method to simulate the growth of thin films described by the motion of island boundaries. This island dynamics model involves a continuum in the lateral directions, but retains atomic scale discreteness in the growth direction. Several choices for the island boundary velocity...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Applied mathematics letters 1999-05, Vol.12 (4), p.13-22
Main Authors: Caflisch, R.E., Gyure, M.F., Merriman, B., Osher, S.J., Ratsch, C., Vvedensky, D.D., Zinck, J.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Epitaxy
Island dynamics
Level set method
Thin films
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We adapt the level set method to simulate the growth of thin films described by the motion of island boundaries. This island dynamics model involves a continuum in the lateral directions, but retains atomic scale discreteness in the growth direction. Several choices for the island boundary velocity are discussed, and computations of the island dynamics model using the level set method are presented.
ISSN:0893-9659
1873-5452
DOI:10.1016/S0893-9659(99)00026-9