More specifically, they specialize in analysis, developing techniques from atom scale imaging, and high electric field phenomena investigation.
It combined a field ion microscope with a mass spectrometer having a single particle detection capability and, for the first time, an instrument could “... determine the nature of one single atom seen on a metal surface and selected from neighboring atoms at the discretion of the observer”.
In 1973 the paradigm shifted away from the Field Ion Microscope with the introduction of the 10 cm Atom Probe.
Today, the Atom-Probe is a commercial tool in the arsenal of instruments used to develop new materials for technology and industry.
An image was recorded on black and white astrophotography film (Kodak 103AG) using a Pentax 35mm camera equipped with an F0.87 (Super Farron) lens.