摘要:
The disclosure relates to a method of imaging a specimen using a transmission charged particle microscope, said method comprising providing a specimen, and providing a charged particle beam and directing said charged particle beam onto said specimen for generating a flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen. The method comprises the step of generating and recording a first energy filtered flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen, wherein said first energy filtered flux of charged particles substantially consists of non-scattered and elastically scattered charged particles. The method as disclosed herein comprises the further step of generating and recording a second energy filtered flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen, wherein said second energy filtered flux of charged particles substantially consists of inelastically scattered charged particles. Said first and second recorded energy filtered flux are then used for imaging said specimen with increased contrast.
摘要:
A method of performing spectroscopy in a Transmission Charged-Particle Microscope comprising: - A specimen holder, for holding a specimen; - A source, for producing a beam of charged particles; - An illuminator, for directing said beam so as to irradiate the specimen; - An imaging system, for directing a flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen onto a spectroscopic apparatus comprising a dispersing device for dispersing said flux into an energy-resolved array of spectral sub-beams,
which method comprises the following steps: - Using an adjustable aperture device to admit a first portion of said array to a detector, while blocking a second portion of said array; - Providing a radiation sensor in said flux upstream of said aperture device; - Using said sensor to perform localized radiation sensing in a selected region of said second portion of the array, simultaneous with detection of said first portion by said detector; - Using a sensing result from said sensor to adjust a detection result from said detector.
摘要:
A method of performing spectroscopy in a Transmission Charged-Particle Microscope comprising: - A specimen holder, for holding a specimen; - A source, for producing a beam of charged particles; - An illuminator, for directing said beam so as to irradiate the specimen; - An imaging system, for directing a flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen onto a spectroscopic apparatus comprising a dispersing device for dispersing said flux into an energy-resolved array of spectral sub-beams, which method comprises the following steps: - Using an adjustable aperture device to admit a first portion of said array to a detector, while blocking a second portion of said array; - Providing a radiation sensor in said flux upstream of said aperture device; - Using said sensor to perform localized radiation sensing in a selected region of said second portion of the array, simultaneous with detection of said first portion by said detector; - Using a sensing result from said sensor to adjust a detection result from said detector.
摘要:
A Transmission Charged-Particle Microscope, comprising: - A specimen holder, for holding a specimen; - A source, for producing a beam of charged particles; - An illuminator, for directing said beam so as to irradiate the specimen; - An imaging system, for directing a flux of charged particles transmitted through the specimen onto a spectroscopic apparatus comprising: ▪ A dispersing device, for dispersing said flux into an energy-resolved array of spectral sub-beams propagating substantially parallel to a propagation axis; ▪ A detector, wherein the spectroscopic apparatus comprises an adjustable aperture device for defining an aperture in a path of said array, so as to select a subset of said array to be admitted to the detector, which aperture is delimited in a dispersion direction perpendicular to said propagation axis by first and second opposed edges, each of which edges is independently positionable relative to said propagation axis, thereby allowing independent adjustment of both of: - A width of said aperture parallel to said dispersion direction; and - A position of a center of said aperture relative to said propagation axis.