Analytic solution for a quartic electron mirror.

Ultramicroscopy

Portland State University, Department of Physics, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, United States. Electronic address:

Published: January 2015

A converging electron mirror can be used to compensate for spherical and chromatic aberrations in an electron microscope. This paper presents an analytical solution to a diode (two-electrode) electrostatic mirror including the next term beyond the known hyperbolic shape. The latter is a solution of the Laplace equation to second order in the variables perpendicular to and along the mirror's radius (z(2)-r(2)/2) to which we add a quartic term (kλz(4)). The analytical solution is found in terms of Jacobi cosine-amplitude functions. We find that a mirror less concave than the hyperbolic profile is more sensitive to changes in mirror voltages and the contrary holds for the mirror more concave than the hyperbolic profile.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultramic.2014.09.003DOI Listing

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