Electron microscopy cathodoluminescence imaging

Figure 5.6 Interaction of a beam of primary electrons with a thin solid sample, showing the various processes which can take place (Pollard and Heron 1996 51). Various types of electron can be scattered or ejected back towards the source, or transmitted through the sample. Characteristic X-rays and bremsstrahlung can be produced, and also cathodoluminescence. These products form the basis of analytical and imaging electron microscopy, and of a range of other techniques. (After Woldseth 1973 Fig. 4.1 - reproduced by permission of the Royal Society of Chemistry.)...

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