An integrated ultra-high vacuum apparatus for growth and in situ characterization of complex materials

G Vinai; F Motti; A Yu Petrov; V Polewczyk; V Bonanni; R Edla; B Gobaut; J Fujii; F Suran; D Benedetti; F Salvador; A Fondacaro; G Rossi; G Panaccione; B A Davidson; P Torelli

doi:10.1063/5.0005302

An integrated ultra-high vacuum apparatus for growth and in situ characterization of complex materials

Rev Sci Instrum. 2020 Aug 1;91(8):085109. doi: 10.1063/5.0005302.

Authors

G Vinai¹, F Motti¹, A Yu Petrov¹, V Polewczyk¹, V Bonanni¹, R Edla¹, B Gobaut², J Fujii¹, F Suran¹, D Benedetti¹, F Salvador¹, A Fondacaro¹, G Rossi¹, G Panaccione¹, B A Davidson¹, P Torelli¹

Affiliations

¹ Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR, Laboratorio TASC, Area Science Park, S.S. 14 Km 163.5, Trieste I-34149, Italy.
² Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A, Area Science Park, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.

PMID: 32872955
DOI: 10.1063/5.0005302

Abstract

Here, we present an integrated ultra-high vacuum apparatus-named MBE-Cluster -dedicated to the growth and in situ structural, spectroscopic, and magnetic characterization of complex materials. Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) growth of metal oxides, e.g., manganites, and deposition of the patterned metallic layers can be fabricated and in situ characterized by reflection high-energy electron diffraction, low-energy electron diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, x-ray photoemission spectroscopy, and azimuthal longitudinal magneto-optic Kerr effect. The temperature can be controlled in the range from 5 K to 580 K, with the possibility of application of magnetic fields H up to ±7 kOe and electric fields E for voltages up to ±500 V. The MBE-Cluster operates for in-house research as well as user facility in combination with the APE beamlines at Sincrotrone-Trieste and the high harmonic generator facility for time-resolved spectroscopy.