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ID: past-exam-of-the-mphil-in-micro-and-nanotechnology-enterprise-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2022/paper-2/section-a-iii/18/iii/solution

An asymmetric film with a B-preferring substrate must have an A-preferring atmosphere interface. A parallel stack with half-integer thickness can terminate correctly at both surfaces. For equal block widths, one explicit sequence from bottom to top is
The thicknesses add to , with of each block. B contacts the substrate and A contacts the atmosphere, as shown in the accompanying schematic. The alternating widths in the interior reflect half-period domains, while the terminal domains are half of an interior domain in this idealized construction.

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