Our research activities are categorized as follows.

1. Development of new methods for surface analysis.

   1. STREAK RHEED for ultrafast phenomena on crystal surfaces.
   2. Spin resolved electron diffraction for surface magnetism.
   3. Weissenberg RHEED for 3D structure determination of crystal surfaces.
   4. Correlated thermal diffuse scattering for reliable surface structure determination.

2. Fabrication and  characterization of functional surfaces and thin films.

1. Structure analysis of the silicon crystal surfaces.
2. Adsorbate induced surface-phases on the crystal surfaces.
3. Iron silicide formation on the silicon substrate.
4. MgO formation on the silicon substrate.
5. Characterization of the target surface of the spin-detector .

Our apparatuses

Recent studies (Japanese)