Post Doctoral Fellow (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
multi-purpose VT SPM (Omicron model AFM-25), can be operated in both STM and AFM mode
Surface Science & Nanostructures" Laboratory, Mechanical Engin., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel (Director: Prof. Ilan Goldfarb)
Major features of this unique UHV system
Fast Entry Load Lock >>> sample loading & removal and tip insertion & removal
Preparation Chamber equipped with:
Sample manipulator with resistive and DC current heating and 6 degrees of freedom + magnetic probes
Sputter Ion Gun for surface cleaning
Growth source – K-cell for Molecular Beam Epitaxial (MBE) growth
Reflection High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED)
Analysis Chamber equipped with:
Microscopes capable of time-resolved operation, namely
variable-temperature (25-1500K) scanning probe microscope (SPM), including
Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) and
beam-deflection Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
Sample manipulator with heating, cooling, and 6 degrees of freedom and magnetic probes
12-position carousel for multiple sample-tip storage
4-grid analyser used in two modes –
Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) and
Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES)
Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
Growth source - Precise 3-pocket e-beam evaporator
Major investigations during my post doctoral position at Tel Aviv University
Superparamagnetic self-ordered Ni-Silicides nanostructures on vicinal Si(111) template : new pathways to high-density magnetic memory storage devices and spintronic applications. [more details: see ref. 37 in publications List]