The Wide-angle Toroidal Energy Analyzer Attachment

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L.P Ovsyannikova ◽  
S.YA. Yavor ◽  
A.F. Ioffe

The application of energy analyzers in electron microscopy, the raster one in particular, is an interesting and comparatively new trendI-3. The analyzers can be used, for instance, for separating the elastically and inelastically scattered electrons, which leads to substantial improvement of the image contrast, and, accordingly, the space resolution. Monoenergetic images of a specimen obtained with energy analyzers permit of judging the topography of the specimen surface in connection with various physical properties of the specimen.At present, cylindrical mirrors are usually used as the analyzers for the above purpose. They are applicable, however, only for wide angle beams (the optimal angles lie within the range of 40°-50°).We propose an energy analyzer designed to operate both at narrow and wide angles of beam.The analyzer consists of two coaxial electrodes in the shape of surfaces of revolution, i.e. hyperboloids, paraboloids, cones (Fig.). Ringed windows (I,2) are cut in the electrodes for passage of a beam which has the form of a hollow cone.


Author(s):  
R. W. Carpenter ◽  
I.Y.T. Chan ◽  
J. M. Cowley

Wide-angle convergent beam shadow images(CBSI) exhibit several characteristic distortions resulting from spherical aberration. The most prominent is a circle of infinite magnification resulting from rays having equal values of a forming a cross-over on the optic axis at some distance before reaching the paraxial focal point. This distortion is called the tangential circle of infinite magnification; it can be used to align and stigmate a STEM and to determine Cs for the probe forming lens. A second distortion, the radial circle of infinite magnification, results from a cross-over on the lens caustic surface of rays with differing values of ∝a, also before the paraxial focal point of the lens.


Author(s):  
Yasushi Kokubo ◽  
Hirotami Koike ◽  
Teruo Someya

One of the advantages of scanning electron microscopy is the capability for processing the image contrast, i.e., the image processing technique. Crewe et al were the first to apply this technique to a field emission scanning microscope and show images of individual atoms. They obtained a contrast which depended exclusively on the atomic numbers of specimen elements (Zcontrast), by displaying the images treated with the intensity ratio of elastically scattered to inelastically scattered electrons. The elastic scattering electrons were extracted by a solid detector and inelastic scattering electrons by an energy analyzer. We noted, however, that there is a possibility of the same contrast being obtained only by using an annular-type solid detector consisting of multiple concentric detector elements.


Author(s):  
T. Oikawa ◽  
M. Inoue ◽  
T. Honda ◽  
Y. Kokubo

EELS allows us to make analysis of light elements such as hydrogen to heavy elements of microareas on the specimen. In energy loss spectra, however, elemental signals ride on a high background; therefore, the signal/background (S/B) ratio is very low in EELS. A technique which collects the center beam axial-symmetrically in the scattering angle is generally used to obtain high total intensity. However, the technique collects high background intensity together with elemental signals; therefore, the technique does not improve the S/B ratio. This report presents the experimental results of the S/B ratio measured as a function of the scattering angle and shows the possibility of the S/B ratio being improved in the high scattering angle range.Energy loss spectra have been measured using a JEM-200CX TEM with an energy analyzer ASEA3 at 200 kV.Fig.l shows a typical K-shell electron excitation edge riding on background in an energy loss spectrum.


Author(s):  
S. Likharev ◽  
A. Kramarenko ◽  
V. Vybornov

At present time the interest is growing considerably for theoretical and experimental analysis of back-scattered electrons (BSE) energy spectra. It was discovered that a special angle and energy nitration of BSE flow could be used for increasing a spatial resolution of BSE mode, sample topography investigations and for layer-by layer visualizing of a depth structure. In the last case it was shown theoretically that in order to obtain suitable depth resolution it is necessary to select a part of BSE flow with the directions of velocities close to inverse to the primary beam and energies within a small window in the high-energy part of the whole spectrum.A wide range of such devices has been developed earlier, but all of them have considerable demerit: they can hardly be used with a standard SEM due to the necessity of sufficient SEM modifications like installation of large accessories in or out SEM chamber, mounting of specialized detector systems, input wires for high voltage supply, screening a primary beam from additional electromagnetic field, etc. In this report we present a new scheme of a compact BSE energy analyzer that is free of imperfections mentioned above.


Author(s):  
L. T. Germinario ◽  
J. Blackwell ◽  
J. Frank

This report describes the use of digital correlation and averaging methods 1,2 for the reconstruction of high dose electron micrographs of the chitin-protein complex from Megarhyssa ovipositor. Electron microscopy of uranyl acetate stained insect cuticle has demonstrated a hexagonal array of unstained chitin monofibrils, 2.4−3.0 nm in diameter, in a stained protein matrix3,4. Optical diffraction Indicated a hexagonal lattice with a = 5.1-8.3 nm3 A particularly well ordered complex is found in the ovipositor of the ichneumon fly Megarhyssa: the small angle x-ray data gives a = 7.25 nm, and the wide angle pattern shows that the protein consists of subunits arranged in a 61 helix, with an axial repeat of 3.06 nm5.


1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-55
Author(s):  
Jack P. Shonkoff

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