Real-time analysis for MBE by time-resolved core-level photoelectron spectroscopy

Abstract

A system has been developed for the real-time analysis of surface reactions during molecular beam epitaxial growth which uses photoelectron spectroscopy with VUV light taken from synchrotron radiation. This system consists of a synchrotron radiation beamline and growth/analysis apparatus in which photoelectron spectroscopy is performed with sub-second time resolution. In this system, photoelectron spectra are measured in sequence by a 'non-scanning' measurement method that enables the acquisition of snapshot photoelectron spectra using a multi-channel detector. This non-scanning measurement method was enabled by equipping an electric field correction grid. This system was used to monitor the photoelectron spectra of a GaSb(001) surface.