A unique facility for surface microscopy

Abstract The Advanced Surface Microscopy Facility at the University of California at Davis is a unique collection of ultrahigh vacuum surface microscopy and analysis instruments, including a low energy electron microscope, a variable-temperature scanning tunneling microscope, and an X-ray photoelectron spectrometer. The system design has features for optimal sample transfer and handling among the primary instruments. The performance of the system is shown through LEEM images of clean Mo(100) and STM images of rutile TiO 2 .