Die Orientierung von Silberaufdampfschichten auf im Vakuum gespaltenen Steinsalz

Abstract

In the present paper the epitaxial growth of silver on rocksalt crystals cleaved in vacuum has been investigated. If one presumes, that the orientation of the metal foils is strongly influenced by gas layers growing on the crystal surface after cleavage, it is possible to predict the dependence of the crystal-orientation on the deposition conditions. Systematical investigations of silverfoils demonstrated the validity of this presumption. Beyond this it was possible to observe the gradual deposition of gas layers by varying the time between cleavage of the substrate and the beginning of silver-deposition.