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Published on: February 4, 2017
Direct generation of ion beam images with a two-dimensional charge injection device
P R Cable1, M Parker, R K Marcus
1Department of Chemistry, Howard L. Hunter Chemical Laboratories, Clemson University, 29634-1905, Clemson, SC.
Abstract:
The use of a two-dimensional charge injection device (CID) to directly image the spatial profile of impingent positively charged ions is described. By this approach, no prior conversion from an ion beam to a photon image is required. Because of the positive response of the device to plasma photons, ions that emanated from the radiofrequency glow discharge source were diverted around a photon stop and focused onto the CID. The resultant ion images were digitized via an external image processor and corrected for dark current contributions. Two-dimensional ion images and single pixel line profiles are presented.
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