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Analytic Solution for a Quartic Electron Mirror
Ultramicroscopy (2015)
  • Jack C. Straton, Portland State University
Abstract
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 (z2−r2/2) to which we add a quartic term (kλz4). 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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Publication Date
January, 2015
Citation Information
Jack C. Straton. "Analytic Solution for a Quartic Electron Mirror" Ultramicroscopy Vol. 148 (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jack_straton/26/