Physical Electronics (PHI) is a subsidiary of ULVAC-PHI, the world's leading supplier of UHV surface analysis instrumentation used for research and development of advanced materials in a number of high technology fields including: nanotechnology, microelectronics, storage media, bio-medical, and basic materials such as metals, polymers, and coatings. PHI's innovative XPS, AES, and SIMS technologies provide our customers with unique tools to solve challenging materials problems and accelerate the development of new materials and products.

PHI manufactures a broad range of high performance surface analysis instruments to provide detailed surface chemical characterization, nano-scale feature analysis and thin film characterization. PHI's innovative X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), and Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) technologies provide our customers with powerful tools to solve challenging materials problems and accelerate the development of new processes and products. As the only supplier that provides a full range of high performance XPS, AES, and SIMS instruments, PHI is in a unique position to provide complete surface analysis solutions for our customers.

Products
• VersaProbe III: A multi-technique XPS instrument optimized for flexibility
• Quantera II: A dedicated XPS instrument optimized for throughput
• X-Tool: A dedicated XPS instrument optimized for ease-of-use
• 710: A scanning Auger instrument optimized for high magnification chemical imaging
• nanoTOF II: A TOF-SIMS instrument optimized for the highest sensitivity elemental and molecular analysis

Applications
• Energy
• Medical
• Polymers
• Thin Films
• Metallurgy
• Magentic Media
• Microelectronics