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Studies of a magnetically focused electrostatic mirror. I. Experimental test of the first order properties
1Department of Physics and the Enrico Fermi Institute, The University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL 60636, USA.
Abstract:
When a uniform magnetic field is superimposed on a uniform electrostatic field, the combination can act as a magnetically focused mirror. This mirror is predicted to have aberrations of opposite sign to those of a magnetic lens and may therefore be useful as a corrector. We have built an electron optical system to test these ideas. The results are presented in two papers. This first paper describes the general design and the results of the measurements of the first order properties. The second paper (Tsai, F., J. Microsc. 197 (2000) 118-135) will describe the measurements of the aberration properties.
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