A novel instrument for imaging ESCA is described. It is based on a tandem arrangement of two
hemispherical energy analysers used as an imaging energy filter. The main spherical aberration
(α2-term) of the analyser is corrected by the antisymmetry of the tandem configuration. The
kinetic energy range useable for imaging extends up to 1.6 keV; this is compatible with Mg and
Al Kα
laboratory x-ray sources. First experiments on the chemical surface composition of a
Cu0.98Bi0.02
polycrystal, a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure and Ag crystallites on Si(111) have been
performed using synchrotron radiation. The results reveal an energy resolution of
190 meV and a lateral resolution (edge resolution) of 120 nm. Besides elimination
of the analyser’s spherical aberration, the tandem arrangement largely retains
the time structure of the electron signal, unlike a single hemispherical analyser.
We have used a photoemission microscope to obtain element-resolved magnetic contrast in stacked magnetic thin film systems. Magnetic information is thereby provided by X-ray magnetic circular dichroism. Elemental sensitivity, which is crucial for studying magnetic coupling phenomena in systems with several different layers, is achieved by tuning the energy of the illuminating photons to atomic absorption edges. We present measurements of a Ni-coated Co micropattern on Cu(001), and a wedged Co/Cr/Fe(001) sample. In the former sample the Ni magnetization is seen to follow the magnetization of the Co pattern, thereby changing from an out-of-plane easy axis in areas without underlying Co to in-plane on top of the Co microstructures. In the latter a reversal of the exchange coupling of the Co layer to the Fe magnetization is observed when the Cr layer thickness exceeds approximately two monolayers. A small net magnetic moment is also observed in the Cr spacer layer, which follows in sign the Co magnetization at the reversal of the exchange coupling. This finding is discussed in terms of interface roughness or interdiffusion.
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