Improvement of light collection efficiency of lens-coupled YAG screen TV system for a high-voltage electron microscope

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 596-604

  Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a   Tanji, Takayoshi ^a   Hibino, Michio ^a   Schauer, Peter ^b   Autrata, Rudolf ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

High voltage electron microscope TV system; Light collection; YAG + glass hemisphere + lens coupling method

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON IRRADIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

CE 3+; COUPLING METHODS; HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TELEVISION SYSTEM; LENS COUPLING; LIGHT COLLECTION; LIGHT COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; YAG; YAG + GLASS HEMISPHERE + LENS COUPLING METHOD; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TELEVISION; YAG LASER;

EID: 0034660301     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20000615)49:6<596::AID-JEMT10>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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