Compact 2D electron analyzer CoDELMA: Simultaneous wide reciprocal and real space analysis using wide-angle deceleration lens, CMA and projection lens

Abstract

A compact wide-acceptance angle (around ± 50°) high-energy-resolution 2D electron analyzer CoDELMA (Compact DELMA) is proposed, constructed and tested. CoDELMA is composed of a recently-proposed variable-deceleration-ratio wide-acceptance-angle electrostatic lens (VD-WAAEL), a cylindrical mirror analyzer (CMA) and a projection lens. After a brief review of VD-WAAEL, the use of a plane grid in the lens is presented as a new design option, which allows keeping the focusing angle almost constant irrespective of the deceleration ratio. A detailed consideration is given to the combination of CMA and a projection lens, which allows simultaneous analysis of wide reciprocal ( ± 8°) and real space ( ± 5 mm) at the entrance of CMA. CoDELMA is the successor to the previously developed DELMA instrument including a concentric hemispherical analyzer. The whole system of CoDELMA becomes much more compact than that of DELMA owing to the use of VD-WAAEL and CMA, and this results in considerable reduction of the production cost. Results of test measurement of energy spectrum and angular distribution using an electron gun as an excitation source confirmed that the energy resolution and the acceptance angle are almost the same as the designed values.