Profile of a Faceted Macrostep Caused by Anomalous Surface Tension

Figure 6

Top-down and side views of vicinal surfaces calculated by the Monte Carlo method. (a) , number of steps . (b) , . (c) , . . Size: . Time: Monte Carlo steps per site (MCS/site). The surface height in the top-down view is represented by brightness with 10 gradations, with brighter regions being higher. Because of the finite gradation, the height of the terraces with the darkest color is higher by one than the height of the terraces with the brightest color. The line in the side views shows the surface height on the bottom side of the top-down view.

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