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Importance of ultrathin films and surfaces for applications (optoelectronics, magnetic recording, magneto-optical recording, magnetoelectronics); preparation of clean surfaces (Ultra-High-Vacuum, surface contamination and cleaning, adsorption, surface analytical techniques); methods for growth of ultrathin films. Surface crystallography, electron diffraction and scanning probe methods Surface symmetry; electron diffraction - qualitative considerations; principle and applications of Low-energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) and High-energy Electron diffraction (RHEED); Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) for studies of surface morphology. Electron spectroscopies Electron sources, electron detection and energy analysis devices; Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) - principle, spectral information and quantification; Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy (EELS). Photoelectron spectroscopies Classical and Inverse photoemission; More-photon photoemission; application to studies of surface and adsorbate states; Time-resolved two-photon photoemission (femtosecond electron dynamics); UPS and XPS. Magneto-optical Kerr effect Basic principles; experimental configurations; theoretical approaches; quantitative description; magneto-optical magnetometry and spectroscopy; practical applications to different systems. Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) General considerations; SHG at surfaces and interfaces; typical excitation laser sources and detectors of generated photons; pump-probe experiments - relaxation processes; characterization of laser pulses; studies of non-magnetic or magnetic surfaces and layers. Magnetization reversal process Magnetic domains; optical Kerr microscopy; Magnetic force microscopy (MFM); Spin-polarized Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (SPSTM); typical cases of magnetization reversal; reversal in nanostructures. |