Spread energy

As with most methods for studying ion-molecule kinetics and dynamics, numerous variations exist. For low-energy processes, the collision cell can be replaced with a molecular beam perpendicular to the ion beam [106]. This greatly reduces the thennal energy spread of the reactant neutral. Another approach for low energies is to use a merged beam [103]. In this system the supersonic expansion is aimed at the tluoat of the octopole, and the ions are passed tluough... 

The critical requirements for the ion source are that the ions have a small energy spread, there are no fast neutrals in the beam and the available energy is 1-10 keV. Both noble gas and alkali ion sources are conunon. Por TOP experunents, it is necessary to pulse the ion beam by deflecting it past an aperture. A beam line for such experiments is shown in figure B1.23.5 it is capable of producing ion pulse widths of 15 ns. 

The double-focusing combination of electrostatic- and magnetic-sector analyzers allows the inherent energy spread of the beam to be compensated for by design and ensures that there is no spread in the beam at the collector. 

The reflectron increases the spatial separation of the ions of different m/z values by making them travel up and down the flight tube, so the distance traveled is twice what it would be if the ions simply passed once along the tube from one end to the other. The reflectron also narrows the energy spread for individual m/z values, thus improving mass resolution. TOP analyzers are not necessarily equipped with a reflectron. 

If the radiofrequency spectmm is due to emission of radiation between pairs of states - for example nuclear spin states in NMR spectroscopy - the width of a line is a consequence of the lifetime, t, of the upper, emitting state. The lifetime and the energy spread, AE, of the upper state are related through the uncertainty principle (see Equation 1.16) by... 

The electron sources used in most sems are thermionic sources in which electrons are emitted from very hot filaments made of either tungsten (W) or lanthanum boride (LaB ). W sources are typically heated to ca 2500—3000 K in order to achieve an adequate electron brightness. LaB sources require lower temperatures to achieve the same brightness, although they need a better vacuum than W sources. Once created, these primary electrons are accelerated to some desired energy with an energy spread (which ultimately determines lateral resolution) on the order of ca 1.5 eV. 

Once the primary electron beam is created, it must be demagnified with condenser lenses and then focused onto the sample with objective lenses. These electron lenses are electromagnetic in nature and use electric and magnetic fields to steer the electrons. Such lenses are subject to severe spherical and chromatic aberrations. Therefore, a point primary beam source is blurred into a primary beam disk to an extent dependent on the energy and energy spread of the primary electrons. In addition, these lenses are also subject to astigmatism. AH three of these effects ultimately limit the primary beam spot size and hence, the lateral resolution achievable with sem. 

The curve labeled geometry illustrates the kinematic energy spread due to the finite acceptance angle of the detector. The multiple scattering contribution arises from the spread in ion energies introduced by secondaiy scattering events. 

Thus, the cooling of hot metal is accompanied by an increase in entropy as energy spreads into the surroundings. The isolated system in this case is taken to be the block and its immediate surroundings. Likewise, the expansion of a gas is accompanied by an increase in entropy as the molecules spread through the container. 

Since the nuclear and electronic scattering cross sections for alpha particles are well known, the relative concentrations of the elements and their depth profiles can be easily obtained. The relative element concentrations are determined by the relative scattering intensities. The depth profile is obtained from the energy spread of the scattered particles, which lose energy before and after the nuclear collision, by inelastic scattering with electrons. The knowledge of the elements areal density and of the film thickness allows the determination of film density. 

An ideal ion source must possess high brightness, and must produce an ion beam of homogeneous composition with a small energy spread. The ion current density must be easily monitored and remain constant across the beam cross-section. 

Surface Ionization Sources. In this system, a low ionization potential atom (e.g. caesium) is adsorbed on a high work function metal (e.g. iridium). The temperature is raised so that the rate of desorption exceeds the rate of arrival of the atoms at the surface, and the Cs is then desorped as ions with very small energy spread (< 1 eY). The spot size - current characteristics of these sources lie between liquid metal and plasma discharge sources. 

Straggling thus limits the depth and mass resolution for features buried within the target material. The depth resolution, Az depends on the stopping power, dE/dz, the detector resolution, AEdet and the beam energy spread, AEbeam of the incident particles ... 

Compared to the H-atom Rydberg tagging technique,65 the resolution of the present method is somewhat worse, by about a factor of two. This loss in resolution, however, is realized in general only for photodissociation studies. In a typical crossed beam experiment, the product translational energy resolution is usually limited by the energy spread of the initial collision energy rather than the detection scheme. On the other hand, the present... 

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