The Level Set Method for Modeling Epitaxial Growth

C. Ratsch, M. Petersen, and R.E. Caflisch
UCLA, Dapartment of Mathematics, US

Keywords: epitaxy, thin film growth, level sets

Abstract:
We have developed an island dynamics model that employs the level-set technique to describe epitaxial growth. In this method, the surface morphology is described by defining the island boundaries as the set $\varphi = 0$ of the so-called level-set function. In this talk, we will present some new results obtained with this new modeling technique for growth on singular and vicinal surfaces.

NSTI Nanotech 2003 Conference Technical Program Abstract