Thin-Film Growth and the Shadow Instability
- 13 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 62 (7) , 788-791
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.62.788
Abstract
We propose a growth model for deposition of thin amorphous films by the sputtering technique. For small values of the diffusion constant, the film develops a self-similar mountain landscape. As the diffusion constant is increased a regime is reached where growth of compact flat films is possible up to a critical height. Further deposition leads to surface roughening.Keywords
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