A nuclear microprobe, typically consisting of 2 - 4 quadrupole magnetic lenses and apertures serving as objective and a collimating divergence slits, focuses MeV ions to approximately 1 x 1 μm for modification and analysis of materials. Although far less utilized, electrostatic quadrupole fields similarly afford strong focusing of ions and have the added benefit of doing so independent of ion mass. Instead, electrostatic quadrupole focusing exhibits energy dependence on focusing ions. A heavy ion microprobe could extend the spatial resolution of conventional microprobe techniques to masses untenable by quadrupole magnetic fields. An electrostatic quadrupole doublet focusing system has been designed and constructed using several non-conventional methods and materials for a wide range of microprobe applications. The system was modeled using the software package "Propagate Rays and Aberrations by Matrices" which quantifies system specific parameters such as demagnification and intrinsic aberrations. Direct experimental verification was obtained for several of the parameters associated with the system. Details of the project and with specific applications of the system are presented.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1062819 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Manuel, Jack Elliot |
| Contributors | Glass, Gary A., Rout, Bibhudutta, Reinert, Tilo, McDaniel, Floyd D., Weathers, Duncan L., Bouanani, Mohamed E. |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | xi, 101 pages, Text |
| Rights | Public, Manuel, Jack Elliot, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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