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A Novel Monochromator with Offset Cylindrical Lenses and Its Application to a Low-Voltage Scanning Electron Microscope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2022

Takashi Ogawa Open the ORCID record for Takashi Ogawa [Opens in a new window] ,
Yu Yamazawa ,
Satoshi Kawai ,
Atsushi Mouri ,
Junichi Katane ,
In-Yong Park ,
Yoshizo Takai  and
Toshihide Agemura
Takashi Ogawa*
Affiliation:
Advanced Instrumentation Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 267 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea Major in Nano Science, University of Science and Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
Yu Yamazawa
Affiliation:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8504, Japan
Satoshi Kawai
Affiliation:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8504, Japan
Atsushi Mouri
Affiliation:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8504, Japan
Junichi Katane
Affiliation:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8504, Japan
In-Yong Park
Affiliation:
Advanced Instrumentation Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, 267 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea Major in Nano Science, University of Science and Technology, 217 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
Yoshizo Takai
Affiliation:
Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Toshihide Agemura
Affiliation:
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, 882 Ichige, Hitachinaka, Ibaraki 312-8504, Japan
*
*Corresponding author: Takashi Ogawa, E-mail: togawa@kriss.re.kr
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Abstract

Low-voltage scanning electron microscopes (LV-SEMs) are widely used in nanoscience. However, image resolution for SEMs is restricted by chromatic aberration due to energy spread of the electron beam at low acceleration voltage. This study introduces a new monochromator (MC) with offset cylindrical lenses (CLs) as one solution for LV-SEMs. The MC optics, with highly excited CLs in offset layouts, has advantageous high performance and simple experimental setup, making it suitable for field emission LV-SEMs. In a preliminary evaluation, our MC reduced the energy spread from 770 to 67 meV. The MC was integrated into a commercial SEM equipped with an out-lens (a conventional objective lens without immersion magnetic or retarding electric fields) and an Everhart–Thornley detector. Comparing SEM images under two conditions with the MC turned on or off, the spatial resolution was improved by 58% at 0.5 and 1 keV. The filtering effect of the MC decreased the probe current with a ratio (i.e., transmittance) of 5.7%, which was consistent with estimations based on measured energy spreads. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on an effective MC with higher-energy resolution than 100 meV and the results offer encouraging prospects for LV-SEM technology.

Keywords

chromatic aberrationcylindrical lenselectron opticsenergy analyzerenergy spectrumlow energymonochromatorscanning electron microscopy
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Software and Instrumentation
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2022 , pp. 412 - 424
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