Abstract:
An apparatus for generating an electrostatic space charge in a rotation-symmetrical magnetic field, in which an electron beam from an electron gun which is arranged laterally on the field space generates the space charge in the field space. The electron beam may be adjusted by mechanical adjustment of the gun and also by means of the potential of a conducting sleeve in the magnetic field. By means of this potential, it is also possible to adjust the ratio between the contributions to the space charge which are due to primary electrons and to secondary electrons produced by the primary electrons in a residual gas in the field space.
Abstract:
A high-voltage electron microscope is provided with a double focussing bending magnet for stabilizing the beam velocity. The beam path between an entrance diaphragm in front of the magnet and an image produced by the bending magnet of this diaphragm on the exit side of the magnet are used as a reference for the signal to be detected on the output side of the bending magnet. Near this image, a detector device is provided which intercepts a fraction of from 1 to 10 percent of the beam from which it derives a control signal for the high voltage.
Abstract:
An electron source comprising a cathode in the form of a metal wire placed under tension and heated by an energy beam. The energy beam laterally impinges upon the metal wire which has a lateral emitting surface. The metal wire can be displaced along the location where the energy beam impinges without a slackening of the wire. This movement can be automatically controlled in response to the temperature of the metal wire.