Workshop Scope

This workshop will bring together key people from UC and LBL with leading researchers from outside, for a one-day program of talks and discussions with particular focus on possibilities to image magnetism in surface layers and nanostructures at resolution of the order of one-nanometer.

One main point of the workshop will be to identify problems where high spatial resolution in combination with magnetic sensitivity is a key toward understanding the underlying physics. We will collect input from leaders in the field to develop the scientific case for advanced micromagnetic imaging capabilities based on aberration correction in spin-polarized surface electron microscopy.

The workshop will also highlight complementary strengths of unique microscopy capabilities at LBL and outline future opportunities. Particularly, we would like to explore the unique opportunities that exist at LBL as a pioneering facility in the area of aberration corrected microscopy, through projects such as TEAM at NCEM and PEEM3 at the ALS.

To explore possibilities and merit of constructing an aberration-corrected SPLEEM instrument, discussions will focus on topics including:

• relevant scientific issues
• aberration correction techniques in surface microscopes, spin-guns, spin manipulators
• other microscopy techniques, including PEEM (XMCD, XMLD), TEM, spin-STM, SEMPA.