Electron transmission through a single glass macrocapillary: dependence on energy and time

Abstract

The transmission of electrons through an insulating single cylindrically shaped glass capillary of macroscopic dimensions has been investigated for electron energies from 300 to 1000 eV using a high-resolution electrostatic parallel-plate analyzer (spectrometer). The transmitted intensity decreased with increasing sample tilt angle relative to the beam direction, and had two regions: direct, where there is no interaction of the beam with the inner capillary wall, and indirect, where it does interact. From the full-width-at-half-maximum of the angular distributions, the indirect region was found to reveal a further two distinct areas of characteristics versus tilt angle with respect to elasticity/inelasticity of transmitted electrons. Electron transmission for the case of no tilt of the sample was found to be time dependent, due to charge-up of the capillary inner surface. The new results are compared with previous experimental data obtained using a 10× lower resolution spectrometer.