title: Theoretical research on electron optics.
abstract: This paper summarizes theoretical research on electron optics in the field of electron microscopy that has been carried out by the author and his colleagues over a long period of time. The main topics to be discussed include the rotationally symmetrical imaging system and its aberrations; the method of matrix algebraic calculation and its applications to electron optics; new developments in scanning electron beam systems, i.e., the combined electromagnetic focusing-deflection system with superimposed fields; the electromagnetic multipole system and its aberrations; the ion optical system with a curvilinear axis and its aberrations; and the phase retrieval in Fourier electron microscopy. This review may help to promote a better understanding of the present state of, and trends in, Chinese electron optics research.
mesh_terms: D008433:Mathematics; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*