We have constructed an end station for nanoscale magnetic materials study at the soft X-ray beamline HiSOR BL-14 at Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center. An ultrahigh-vacuum scanning tunneling microscope (STM) was installed for an in situ characterization of nanoscale magnetic materials in combination with soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) spectroscopy experiment. The STM was connected to the XMCD experimental station via damper bellows to isolate it from environmental vibrations, thus achieving efficient spatial resolution for observing Si(111) surface at atomic resolution. We performed an in situ experiment with STM and XMCD spectroscopy on Co nanoclusters on an Au(111) surface and explored its practical application to investigate magnetic properties for well-characterized nanoscale magnetic materials.
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December 19 2012
End station for nanoscale magnetic materials study: Combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy
Tetsuro Ueno;
Tetsuro Ueno
1Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Hiroshima University
, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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Masahiro Sawada;
Masahiro Sawada
a)
1Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Hiroshima University
, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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Yusuke Kishimizu;
Yusuke Kishimizu
2Graduate School of Science,
Hiroshima University
, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Akio Kimura;
Akio Kimura
2Graduate School of Science,
Hiroshima University
, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Hirofumi Namatame;
Hirofumi Namatame
1Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Hiroshima University
, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
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Masaki Taniguchi
Masaki Taniguchi
1Hiroshima Synchrotron Radiation Center,
Hiroshima University
, 2-313 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan
2Graduate School of Science,
Hiroshima University
, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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a)
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: sawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 123903 (2012)
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Received:
October 01 2012
Accepted:
November 21 2012
Citation
Tetsuro Ueno, Masahiro Sawada, Yusuke Kishimizu, Akio Kimura, Hirofumi Namatame, Masaki Taniguchi; End station for nanoscale magnetic materials study: Combination of scanning tunneling microscopy and soft X-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 December 2012; 83 (12): 123903. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4770126
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