| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The aim of this research project is to present a novel method of producing spin-polarized helium ion, He^+(1^2s), by utilizing the field ionization process on ferromagnetic surfaces such as Fe, Co and Ni. To demonstrate its feasibility, we newly constructed an apparatus based on an atom-probe field ion microscope (AP-FIM) combined with an ion energy analyzer called Wien filter. Produced helium ion is velocity selected with the analyzer and the number of ions with a specific velocity is pulse counted by microchannel plate (MCP). Measured kinetic energy distribution spectrum of produced helium ions represents useful information regarding the unoccupied state densities of sample surface.
With a newly constructed apparatus, field-ionized ions from a specific site on a sample surface are selectively admitted to a velocity filter called Wien-filter via a probe-hole located at the center of MCP for FIM imaging. The energy resolution for traveling ions is set at 0.2 eV. We could therefore measu
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re a kinetic energy distribution spectrum of field ions with good accuracy, which solely reflects the tunneling probability of spin-selected electron from a helium atom into the unoccupied states of the sample surface. In the previous term of project (1999-2000), we have attained to the primary goal of simply measuring the field-ion signals of AT produced on tungsten surface by direct pulse counting method with MCP located downstream of the Wien-filter. For more improved measurement system, a new data acquisition and display system for kinetic energy distribution measurement is equipped in the current project term (2001-2002). To measure the reliable kinetic energy of field-ion, the tip potential should be maintained slightly above ground potential, while positive high voltage is applied to the counter-electrode located just in front of the tip apex with a distance of 3mm forming effectively critical field strength for field ionization on the tip surface. The distinct design requirement of the counter-electrode as well as the critical dimensions between the tip and the electrode should be optimized for well resolved FIM images. The optimization is now underway with a help of numerical calculation of field distributions as well as the ion trajectories by Simion electrostatic modeling package. Less
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