Open AccessA compact molecular‐beam epitaxy apparatus for in situ soft X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism experiments
Author(s) -
Koide Tsuneharu,
Shidara Tetsuo,
Nakajima Nobuo,
Miyauchi Hiroshi,
Fukutani Hirohito
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049597016129
Subject(s) - magnetic circular dichroism , molecular beam epitaxy , characterization (materials science) , materials science , in situ , layer (electronics) , magnetic field , epitaxy , x ray magnetic circular dichroism , superlattice , deposition (geology) , optoelectronics , optics , nanotechnology , chemistry , physics , paleontology , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , astronomy , sediment , biology , spectral line
An economical and easily movable molecular‐beam epitaxy (MBE) apparatus which prepares magnetic ultrathin films and superlattices with atomically well controlled interfaces has been designed and constructed. Cleaning and characterization of substrates, sample deposition in a layer‐by‐layer fashion, and characterization of samples both during and after growth can be carried out in a single ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) chamber. This MBE apparatus is combined with UHV high‐field magneto‐optical instruments for in situ soft X‐ray magnetic circular dichroism experiments on two‐dimensional magnetic systems.