Nanomagnetism group (CIC1)
Facilities and equipment
Experimental work in the nanomagnetism group is performed by means of equipment specially dedicated to our research lines. The group has also access to the nanoGUNE common cleanroom of about 300 m2 area, fully equipped for nanofabrication.
Material growth and nanofabrication
Ultra high vacuum deposition system which allows to grow 7 different materials (6 of them simultaneously) without breaking the vacuum.
Seven-gun AJA Sputter Deposition System
High vacuum e-beam and thermal metal evaporator.
Oerlikon Evaporator
Electron beam lithography.
Raith 150 TWO
Ion beam etching and sputtering system.
4Wave Ion Beam Etching
Non-magnetic characterization
AFM/MFM microscope with both temperature control up to 250 ºC and in-situ magnetic field.
Agilent 5500 Atomic Force Microscope
X-ray diffraction for enabling wide-ranging structural characterizations such as layer crystallinity, grain size analysis, epitaxial relations, layer thickness and interface intermixing, allowing for the optimization of sample preparation conditions and layering sequences.
X’Pert PRO PANalytical X-ray diffractometer
Magnetic characterization
Magnetic field measurement system with a temperature range of 2-400 K, magnetic fields up to 7 Tesla and resolution of 10-8 emu in magnetic moment.
Quantum Design SQUID-VSM EverCool
Physical properties measurement system with a temperature range of 2-300 K, and magnetic fields up to 9 Tesla.
Quantum Design PPMS
MOKE instrument with the ability to detect rotations of the polarization as small as 10 nanoradiants for measurements of in-plane as well as out-of-plane magnetization.
Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) set-up
Kerr microscopy for the study of lateral magnetization states with about 0.5 μm resolution.
Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect (MOKE) microscope
