MEASUREMENT OF THE SPHERICAL-ABERRATION COEFFICIENT OF TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPES BY BEAM-TILT-INDUCED IMAGE DISPLACEMENTS

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KOSTER, AJ [1 ]
DEJONG, AF [1 ]
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[1] PHILIPS RES LABS,5600 JA EINDHOVEN,NETHERLANDS
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10.1016/0304-3991(91)90158-3
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TH742 [显微镜];
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A method is presented to measure the spherical aberration constant of a transmission electron microscope with high precision. The method is based on the measurement of a series of beam-tilt-induced image displacements. The displacements are calculated via cross-correlation and subsequently fitted to a third-order polynomial in the beam tilt. Calibration of the magnification and of the beam-tilt coils is a crucial step. The spherical aberration constant of two microscopes is measured with a precision better than 1%, apart from calibration errors. A computer is used to direct the experiments via remote control of the microscope and perform fast image processing to calculate the cross-correlations.
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