You can view the epitaxy simulation simply as a rather pretty animation. However in order to fully appreciate what is going on you need to be familiar with the concepts of interatomic bonding, the migration of a single atom across the surface of a crystal (surface diffusion) and the thermal activation of processes (Arrhenius behaviour).
You do not need to know anything specifically about semiconductors or opto-electronics.
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