title: A multichannel electron energy loss spectrometer for low-temperature condensed films.
abstract: We describe a wide-gap multichannel cylindrical deflection electron energy analyzer suitable for measuring the weak signals characteristic of electronically inelastic electron energy loss spectra. The analyzer has nearly ideal fringing field termination, and its resolution and energy dispersion were characterized as a function of energy by solving numerically the equation of motion of electrons in an ideal cylindrical electric field. The numerical results for the radial location of the electrons at the detector as a function of the entrance location, angle, and energy are closely approximated by a second order polynomial, and match closely with those observed. The detection efficiency of the analyzer is 100-150 times better than that of an equivalent single-channel instrument, but limited energy transmission of the zoom lens system used in our case reduced it by a factor of about 2. The performance of the new instrument was demonstrated by measuring the (3)E(1u) electronic spectrum of benzene in only 2 min and the spectrum of endo-benzotricyclo[4.2.1.0(2.5)]nonane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA.
authors.forename: Donald E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Duska B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Popović
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Antic
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Michl
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D004583:Electrons; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D046590:Spectroscopy, Electron Energy-Loss / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial