SESAM: Exploring the Frontiers of Electron Microscopy
10.1017/s1431927606060624
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
Microscopy and Microanalysis (286)
Abstract

We report on the sub-electron-volt-sub-angstrom microscope (SESAM), a high-resolution 200-kV FEG-TEM equipped with a monochromator and an in-column MANDOLINE filter. We report on recent results obtained with this instrument, demonstrating its performance (e.g., 87-meV energy resolution at 10-s exposure time, or a transmissivity of the energy filter of T1 eV = 11,000 nm2). New opportunities to do unique experiments that may advance the frontiers of microscopy in areas such as energy-filtered TEM, spectroscopy, energy-filtered electron diffraction and spectroscopic profiling are also discussed.

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Koch, C. T., Sigle, W., Höschen, R., Rühle, M., Essers, E., Benner, G., & Matijevic, M. (2006). SESAM: Exploring the Frontiers of Electron Microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 12(6), 506–514.

Authors 7
  1. Christoph T. Koch (first)
  2. Wilfried Sigle (additional)
  3. Rainer Höschen (additional)
  4. Manfred Rühle (additional)
  5. Erik Essers (additional)
  6. Gerd Benner (additional)
  7. Marko Matijevic (additional)
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@article{Koch_2006, title={SESAM: Exploring the Frontiers of Electron Microscopy}, volume={12}, ISSN={1435-8115}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1431927606060624}, DOI={10.1017/s1431927606060624}, number={6}, journal={Microscopy and Microanalysis}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Koch, Christoph T. and Sigle, Wilfried and Höschen, Rainer and Rühle, Manfred and Essers, Erik and Benner, Gerd and Matijevic, Marko}, year={2006}, month=oct, pages={506–514} }