Buckling Reconstruction on Laser-Annealed Si(111) Surfaces

Y. J. Chabal; J. E. Rowe; D. A. Zwemer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.600

Buckling Reconstruction on Laser-Annealed Si(111) Surfaces

Y. J. Chabal, J. E. Rowe, and D. A. Zwemer

Phys. Rev. Lett. 46, 600 – Published 2 March 1981

Abstract

Angle-integrated photoemission and low-energy electron-diffraction studies of laser-annealed Si(111) surfaces show that a buckled reconstruction takes place upon laser quenching. No long-range order exists but a short-range 2×1 reconstruction is present.