Dynamical properties of a nonlinear growth equation

Abstract

The conserved Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation is considered as the evolution equation of amorphous thin film growth in one- and in two-dimensions. The role of the nonlinear term $\Delta (\ | \nabla u\ | ^{2})$ and the properties of the solutions are investigated analytically and numerically. We provide analytical results on the wavelength and amplitude. We present numerical simulations to this equation which show the roughening and coarsening of the surface pattern and the evolution of the surface morphology in time for different parameter values in one- and in two-dimensions.