Abstract
ABSTRACTFirst-principles calculations are used to calculate the strain dependencies of the binding and diffusion-activation energies for Ge adatoms on both Si(001) and Ge(001) c(4×2) reconstructed surfaces. Our calculations reveal that over the range of strains typically sampled during quantum dot self-assembly (0 to 1% compressive strain) the binding and activation energies on a strained Ge(001) surface increase and decrease, respectively, by 0.21 eV and 0.12 eV. For a growth temperature of 600 °C, these strain-dependencies give rise to a 16-fold increase in adatom density and a 5-fold decrease in adatom diffusivity in the region of compressive strain surrounding a Ge island with a characteristic size of 10 nm lying on top of a Si substrate covered by a Ge wetting layer.
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