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Virtual Lab: Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
University of Virginia
             
 
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Let’s fade back in the piece of silicon we will evaporate.

It is machined into a conical shape that fits tightly into the water cooled copper "hearth" (the hearth of the front gun is still invisible, but you can see the hearth of the Ge e-gun at the rear).

Its now time to turn the e-gun on (click "Next Scene"):

 
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