Prospects of X‐ray photoemission electron microscopy at the first beamline of the Polish synchrotron facility ‘Solaris’

Abstract

The synchrotron radiation facility 'Solaris' is currently being built in Krakow, Poland. The first experimental beamline at Solaris will use bending magnet radiation and two exchangeable end stations: a spectroscopic X-ray photoemission electron microscope and a soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy chamber. We present the beamline specifications and exemplary results obtained with our end station microscope, which (in statu nascendi of Solaris) has been operated at the NanoXAS beamline in the Swiss Light Source. The end stations should be available for a broad user community at Solaris in 2016.

Giant in-plane magnetic anisotropy in epitaxial bcc Co/Fe(110) bilayers

“…Our analysis assumes the presence of ferromagnetic exchange coupling between the Fe(110) film and the Co adlayer for all Co and Fe thicknesses. We studied the Fe-Co exchange coupling by using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) in a photoemission electron microscope (PEEM) temporarily installed [16,17] at the NanoXAS beamline [18] in Swiss Light Source. Figure 3 shows representative XMCD-PEEM images of the 15-Å-thick Co adlayer on 160-Å Fe(110)/W(110), acquired at the L3 edge of Fe (upper panel) or Co (lower panel).…”

Editorial

“…2); one of the contributions to this special issue is devoted to the planned performance and research potential of this station. [2] During the meeting, the participants presented lectures and posters. There were about 70 participants representing physics, chemistry, biology and material science.…”

“…) started already in the experimental hall of NCPS SOLARIS (Fig. ); one of the contributions to this special issue is devoted to the planned performance and research potential of this station …”