摘要:
An electron energy loss spectrometer for electron microscopy is disclosed having an electrically isolated drift tube extending through the bending magnet and through subsequent optics that focus and magnify the spectrum. An electrostatic or magnetic lens is located either before or after or both before and after the drift tube and the lens or lenses are adjusted as a function of the bending magnet drift tube voltage to maintain a constant net focal length and to avoid defocusing. An energy selecting slit is included in certain embodiments to cleanly cut off electrons dispersed outside the energy range incident on the detector, thereby eliminating artifacts caused by unwanted electrons scattering back into the spectrum.
摘要:
An energy filtering system of an EFTEM is automatically adjusted using a computer. The computer inserts an energy-selecting slit into the beam path and begins monitoring the position of the electron beam through a combination of the current sensors integral to the slit and the readout of an electron camera. The beam is centered within the slit by adjusting an energy dispersing element while monitoring beam sensors. After initial alignment, the slit is retracted and a reference aperture is inserted at the entrance to the energy filter. The electron camera captures an image of the reference aperture and the computer analyzes the deviations of the aperture image from its known physical dimensions in order to evaluate the electron optical distortions and aberrations of the filter. The computer uses the determined optical parameters to adjust the distortion and aberration correcting optical elements of the filter, whose effects are known due to previous calibration. After correcting the imaging aberrations, the reference aperture is withdrawn, the slit reinserted, and an isochromatic surface of the filter at the plane of the slit is measured by scanning the beam across a slit edge while integrating the transmitted beam intensity on the electron camera. The isochromatic surface thus collected by the electron camera is analyzed by the computer to extract additional aberration coefficients of the filter system. These measured aberration coefficients are used to make calibrated corrections to the filter optics.
摘要:
An electron energy loss spectrometer for electron microscopy is disclosed having an electrically isolated drift tube extending through the bending magnet and through subsequent optics that focus and magnify the spectrum. An electrostatic or magnetic lens is located either before or after or both before and after the drift tube and the lens or lenses are adjusted as a function of the bending magnet drift tube voltage to maintain a constant net focal length and to avoid defocusing. An energy selecting slit is included in certain embodiments to cleanly cut off electrons dispersed outside the energy range incident on the detector, thereby eliminating artifacts caused by unwanted electrons scattering back into the spectrum.