FEG microscope problems
Pacific GridTech
info at grid-tech.com
Thu May 15 03:09:48 PDT 2003
Dear colleagues,
A similar experience may help Terje to shoot his
multiple beams problem. I would like to share it with
everyone.
Few years ago, while we were adjusting a new installed
CM200FEG scope which equiped with a Gatan Imaging
Filter CCD, we found a similar problem of multiple
beams. Since the scope was installled inside a room
which is with iron walls arround, the outside
electromaganetic fields were mostly blocked and the
intensity of fields were reduced to a very low level.
Therefore, in our case, the multiple beams problem is
un-likely due to the outside fields.
Eventually, we found the problem is due to an
un-capped port on the ethernet coaxial cable
connector. The CCD camera on the scape is controlled
by a Mac computer and the Mac is connected to local
area network over a coaxial cable. However, the Mac
was connected to a multiple coaxial cable connector
firstly, then the connector connected to ethernet Hub.
One of the port in the multiple coaxial cable
connector is un-covered with a port cap, therefore, it
exposed in air. By capped or un-capped the port, the
multiple beams problem can be removed or appeared
respectively. We still don't know the reason.
I hope Terje could gain enlightenment from it for
shooting his problem.
Wendy Zhang
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--- hainfeld at bnl.gov wrote:
> this may not be the right ans, but:
> field emitters have electrons coming off of low work
> function crystal
> surfaces. the tip is usually 111 oriented W. But
> emission comes from the
> other surrounding planes, and if not blocked will
> focus to multiple beams.
> J. Hainfeld
>
> At 02:52 PM 5/8/2003 +0800, Terje Dokland wrote:
>
> >We recently had a new JEOL 2010FEG microscope
> installed. However, after
> >installation, we find that there is not one, but
> four to six beam spots!
> >
> >The technician says it is due to magnetic
> interference. He also claims
> >that it has no effect on resolution, and that may
> be true with respect to
> >gold or graphite, but I'm sure it can't be very
> good for coherence and
> >phase contrast, and hence the whole purpose for
> having an FEG is lost!
> >
> >Has anybody else had such experience with an FEG
> microscope? Was it due to
> >magnetic interference, and was there a way to fix
> it? We will try a
> >magnetic field canceler in a few weeks time. Is
> this likely to work?
> >Suggestions are welcome, as I am not too happy to
> pay for the microscope
> >until this problem has been solved!
> >
> >terje
> >
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> >
> >"Convictions are greater enemies of truth than
> lies"
> > F. Nietzsche
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