Preface |
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1 Conventional SEM Design |
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1.1 Introduction to the SEM |
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1.2 Basic principles of electron optics |
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19 | (5) |
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1.4 Lens aberrations and primary beam probe size |
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24 | (12) |
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36 | (6) |
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1.6 Quadrupole stigmators |
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42 | (6) |
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48 | (3) |
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1.8 The emission hemisphere and BSE collection |
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51 | (2) |
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1.9 The scattered electron energy distribution |
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53 | (2) |
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1.10 The SE collection efficiency |
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55 | (4) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (3) |
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1.13 Selected SEM image examples |
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2 Spectrometer Design Principles |
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72 | (4) |
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2.3 The retarding field analyzer |
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2.4 Deflection field analyzers |
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2.4.1 The parallel plate analyzer |
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2.4.2 The cylindrical mirror analyzer |
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96 | (5) |
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2.4.3 Electric sector analyzers |
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2.4.4 Magnetic deflector analyzers |
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124 | (7) |
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2.4.6 Magnetic collimation and time of flight spectrometers |
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131 | (4) |
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3.1 Magnetic immersion lenses |
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3.2 Magnetic semi-in-lens designs |
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3.3 Electric retarding field lenses |
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156 | (8) |
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3.4 Mixed field in-lens designs |
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164 | (12) |
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3.5 Selected in-lens image examples |
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176 | (9) |
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4 Sub-nanometer Probe Diameters |
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4.1 Monochromators and immersion objective lenses |
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185 | (13) |
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4.2 Aberration correctors |
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198 | (20) |
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4.3 The helium ion microscope |
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218 | (5) |
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5 Secondary Electron Spectrometers |
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5.1 Early deflection analyzers |
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223 | (3) |
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5.2 Retarding field analyzers |
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226 | (11) |
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5.3 Surface fields and signal-to-noise characteristics |
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237 | (7) |
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5.4 Deflection/multi-channel analyzers |
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244 | (19) |
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6 Full Range Deflector Spectrometer Designs |
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263 | (24) |
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6.1 First-order focusing toroidal analyzers |
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265 | (5) |
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6.2 A second-order focusing toroidal analyzer design |
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270 | (11) |
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6.3 A modified fountain analyzer design |
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281 | (6) |
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7 Full Range Parallel Energy Spectrometer Designs |
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287 | (32) |
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7.1 The time-of-flight spectrometer |
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290 | (3) |
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7.2 A Gaussian field magnetic sector |
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293 | (8) |
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7.3 A round magnetic beam separator |
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8 Spectroscopic SEM Proposals |
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Appendix 1.0 Field Expansions |
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Appendix 1.1 Derivation of the Paraxial Equation |
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Appendix 1.2 Spherical Aberration |
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Appendix 1.3 Chromatic Aberration |
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Appendix 2 Multipole Lenses |
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375 | (10) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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