Ion beam sputtered surface dynamics investigated with two-time correlation functions: a model study
- 28 September 2012
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
- Vol. 24 (44), 445006
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/24/44/445006
Abstract
Ion beam sputtering is a widely used technique to obtain patterned surfaces. Despite the wide use of this approach on different materials to create surface nanostructures, the theoretical model to explain the time evolution of the erosion process is still debated. We show, with the help of simulations, that two-time correlation functions can serve to assess the validity of different models. These functions can be measured experimentally with the x-ray photon correlation spectroscopy technique.Keywords
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