A 1 eV - 1000 eV ion beam system designed for the calibration of low-energy ion mass spectrometers

<p>For the calibration of space plasma analyzers, in particular low-energy ion mass spectrometers, a low energy ion beam system was developed. The positive ion beam is produced by a hot-cathode penning source and modified by a series of electrostatic lenses. And a 75 mm diameter 2-D imaging system and a Faraday cup mounted on movable arms are used for ion beam diagnostics. With protons as primary species, the system provides an ion beam in the energy range of 1 eV - 1000 eV with a large area ( ~ 50 cm<sup>2</sup>), highly parallel ( ± 0.5°), and spatially uniform ( ± 5%).</p>

Improved Electrophoretic Deposition of Vertical Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Nanoscopic Electrostatic Lenses

Under certain conditions, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) onto metal at the base of nanoscale insulating windows can result in a single SWCNT per window, bonded at one end to the metal. During EPD charge, buildup on the insulator creates electrostatic lenses at the windows that control the trajectory of the SWCNTs. The aim is to develop a reproducible process for deposition of individual vertically oriented SWCNTs into each window to enable novel devices. The length of the SWCNTs is shown to be the most critical parameter in achieving results that could be used for devices. In particular, single nanotube deposition in windows by EPD was achieved with SWCNTs with lengths on the order of the window depth. By performing current vs voltage (IV) measurements against a platinum wire in a phosphate buffer and by modeling the data, the presence of the nanotube can be detected, the contact interface can be studied, and the nanotube’s viability for device applications can be determined. These results provide a basis for process integration of vertical SWCNTs using EPD.

Безаберрационная линза и корректоры аберраций

An aberration-free four-electrode lens is described for forming an ion beam for mass separators or spectrometers. The lens is a modification of the transaxial lens, in which the circular gaps between the electrodes are replaced by elliptical gaps. A lens converts an axially symmetric beam into a tape-type beam. The lens parameters are found using the phase diagram method. Using the same method, a new aberration corrector for electrostatic lenses and a new sector magnet aberration corrector are developed.

Generated and shifted of Ion beams By Electrostatic Lenses (Einzel lens)

In this paper, the path of the extracted and focused ions by the electrostatic lense having three electrodes of the same size and shape have been studied. However, the first and third electrodes had a different potential from the second electrode and the distance between any three electrodes was (d).The beams of the charged particles were controlled by using electrostatic fields which are used for accelerating and focusing. This paper focuses also on the effect of electrodes potentials on ion beam focusing. It is found that the best focusing was achieved when the values of the potential of the first and third electrode are equal to half of the value of the second electrode. Concerning transmiting and acumulating the ions beams, the study shows that these beams stayed fixed and steady when their paths were doubled, without any change in extracted beam density. This method is called Plasma Portation.