摘要:
The present disclosure provides a treatment device for lowering electron affinity. The treatment device is capable of performing an electron affinity (EA) surface treatment on a photocathode material or an EA surface retreatment on a photocathode. The present disclosure also provides an electron-beam device provided with the treatment device. An activation chamber is used in a treatment device for lowering electron affinity by vaporizing a surface-treatment material and uses the vaporized surface-treatment material to perform an electron-affinity lowering treatment on a photocathode material or an electron-affinity lowering retreatment on a photocathode. The activation chamber includes one or more holes through which electrons can pass.
摘要:
One embodiment pertains to an apparatus for compressing an electron pulse. An electron source is illuminated by a pulsed laser and generates a pulse of electrons. The pulse enters a beam separator which deflects the electrons by 90 degrees into an electron mirror. The faster, higher energy electrons form the leading edge of the pulse and penetrate more deeply into the retarding field of the electron mirror than the lower energy electrons. After reflection, the lower energy electrons exit the electron mirror before the higher energy electrons and form the leading edge of the pulse. The reflected pulse reenters the separator and is deflected by 90 degrees towards the specimen. The fast, higher energy electrons catch up with the slow, low energy electrons as the electrons strike the specimen. The electrons are scattered by the specimen and used to form a two-dimensional image or diffraction pattern of the specimen.
摘要:
A photocathode high-frequency electron-gun cavity apparatus of the present invention is provided with a high-frequency acceleration cavity (1), a photocathode (8, 15), a laser entering port (9), a high-frequency power input coupler port (10), and a high-frequency resonant tuner (16). Here, the apparatus adopts an ultra-small high-frequency accelerator cavity which contains a cavity cell formed only with a smooth and curved surface at an inner face thereof without having a sharp angle part for preventing discharging, obtaining higher strength of high-frequency electric field, and improving high-frequency resonance stability. Further, the photocathode is arranged at an end part of a half cell (5) of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for maximizing electric field strength at the photocathode face, perpendicular incidence of laser is ensured by arranging a laser entering port at a position facing to the photocathode behind an electron beam extraction port of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for maximizing quality of short-bunch photoelectrons, and a high-frequency power input coupler port is arranged at a side part of the cell of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for enhancing high-frequency electric field strength. According to the above, it is possible to provide a small photocathode high-frequency electron-gun cavity apparatus capable of generating a high-strength and high-quality electron beam.
摘要:
A gun configured to generate charged particles, comprising a ring-cathode (200) electrically configured to generate a charged particle beam; a lens arranged to focus the charged particle beam on a specimen; and at least one correction focusing electrode (1406) arranged to generate at least one electrostatic/magnetic field to further divergently/convergently focus the charged particle beam for correcting in-plane geometric aberrations associated with the lens, the focusing being based on the in-plane geometric aberrations associated with the lens. A related method is also disclosed.
摘要:
A method for generating a cathodoluminescence map comprising the steps of: generating an intensity modulated charged particle beam; focusing said charged particle beam on a specimen; gating temporally the cathodoluminescence emitted by said specimen to provide time-gated cathodoluminescence; measuring the time-gated cathodoluminescence for different charged particle beam positions on the specimen to generate a cathodoluminescence map; deconvoluting the cathodoluminescence map to improve the resolution of said cathodoluminescence map. The invention further provides devices for carrying out such methods.
摘要:
A photocathode high-frequency electron-gun cavity apparatus of the present invention is provided with a high-frequency acceleration cavity (1), a photocathode (8, 15), a laser entering port (9), a high-frequency power input coupler port (10), and a high-frequency resonant tuner (16). Here, the apparatus adopts an ultra-small high-frequency accelerator cavity which contains a cavity cell formed only with a smooth and curved surface at an inner face thereof without having a sharp angle part for preventing discharging, obtaining higher strength of high-frequency electric field, and improving high-frequency resonance stability. Further, the photocathode is arranged at an end part of a half cell (5) of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for maximizing electric field strength at the photocathode face, perpendicular incidence of laser is ensured by arranging a laser entering port at a position facing to the photocathode behind an electron beam extraction port of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for maximizing quality of short-bunch photoelectrons, and a high-frequency power input coupler port is arranged at a side part of the cell of the high-frequency acceleration cavity for enhancing high-frequency electric field strength. According to the above, it is possible to provide a small photocathode high-frequency electron-gun cavity apparatus capable of generating a high-strength and high-quality electron beam.
摘要:
An electron microscope which utilizes a polarized electron beam and can obtain a high contrast image of a sample is provided. The microscope includes: a laser; a polarization apparatus that polarizes a laser beam into a circularly polarized laser beam; a semiconductor photocathode that is provided with a strained superlattice semiconductor layer and generates a polarized electron beam when irradiated with the circularly polarized laser beam; a transmission electron microscope that utilizes the polarized electron beam; an electron beam intensity distribution recording apparatus arranged at a face reached by the polarized electron beam that has transmitted through the sample. An electron beam intensity distribution recording apparatus records an intensity distribution before and after the polarization of the electron beam is reversed, and a difference acquisition apparatus calculates a difference therebetween.
摘要:
An inspection device for inspecting a surface of an inspection object using a beam includes a beam generator capable of generating one of either charge particles or an electromagnetic wave as a beam, a primary optical system capable of guiding and irradiating the beam to the inspection object supported within a working chamber, a secondary optical system capable of including a first movable numerical aperture and a first detector which detects secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object, the secondary charge particles passing through the first movable numerical aperture, an image processing system capable of forming an image based on the secondary charge particles detected by the first detector; and a second detector arranged between the first movable numerical aperture and the first detector and which detects a location and shape at a cross over location of the secondary charge particles generated from the inspection object.
摘要:
An electron beam irradiation device of the present invention includes: a projector 8 for generating a two-dimensional light pattern 13; a microchannel plate 11 for (i) generating an electron beam array based on the light pattern 13 having entered, (ii) amplifying the electron beam array, and (iii) emitting the electron beam array as an amplified electron beam array 14; and an electron beam lens section 12 for converging the amplified electron beam array 14. This electron beam irradiation device is capable of manufacturing a semiconductor device whose performance is improved through a finer processing by means of irradiation using an electron beam. Further, the electron beam irradiation device allows cost reduction, because the device allows collective irradiation using a two dimensional pattern.
摘要:
A photocathode is capable of generating an electron beam from incident light. The photocathode comprises a light permeable support having a light receiving surface and an opposing surface. A Group III nitride layer is provided on the opposing surface of the support. The Group III nitride layer comprises at least one Group III element and nitrogen. An alkali halide layer is provided on the Group III nitride layer. The alkali halide can be a cesium halide, such as cesium bromide or iodide.