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Electrostatic lens with thin electrodes

Project details

  • Symmetrical unipotential lens with very thin electrodes
  • Accuracy of the computation is demonstrated with field maximum for different number of fine mesh points between the symmetry plane and the electrode
  • Optical properties are computed and the results are saved also as CSV files of Excel


Field accuracy

To test the accuracy, the lens data were recalculated with denser meshes, which expand with factor 1.025

Focusing lens

Finally, there is an example of focusing, which shows output focus procedure. Electron with energy 1 eV is focused from z=-5 mm to 60 mm. Also aberrations are computed.
Trace file: C:\EOD\Examples\elens\1shot.EODtrc
Integration method Runge-Kutta Fehlberg 4-5 order
Max. step size  =   0.10000000     mm
Axial fields interpolation: cubic spline
Relativistic correction: off
Particle electron, charge -1e
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 Fields used for tracing
 Fields:
 1 .\dem2-dense.EODinp
   Electrostatic - field
      Field is symmetrical
     Interpolation Cubic spline
     Field zmin (original) -60.000000000 mm
     Field zmax (original) 60.0000000000 mm
     Field magnitude       1.00000000000
     Field z shift         0.00000000000 mm
     Field rotation        0.00000000000 deg
        # of points         284
        Field maximum        0.03668 V/mm
        Maximum z [mm]       7.06250
        Field width [mm]    11.94513

 2 .\dem2-dense.EODinp
   Electrostatic - field
      Field is symmetrical
     Interpolation Cubic spline
     Field zmin (original) -60.000000000 mm
     Field zmax (original) 60.0000000000 mm
     Field magnitude       1.00000000000
     Field z shift         0.00000000000 mm
     Field rotation        0.00000000000 deg
        # of points         284
        Field maximum        0.03668 V/mm
        Maximum z [mm]       7.06250
        Field width [mm]    11.94513

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 Focus for: zobj=  -5.0000      to zimg=   60.0000     mm
Searching for focus ...
Field magnitude search in interval  -1.0000E+00,  -5.0000E-01

Magnit. =  -9.000000E-01, zimg =  -7.091314E+02 mm, image #  0
Magnit. =  -9.500000E-01, zimg =   3.101982E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.250000E-01, zimg =   7.630854E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.375000E-01, zimg =   4.566401E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.273290E-01, zimg =   6.826634E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.300710E-01, zimg =   6.053949E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302891E-01, zimg =   5.999019E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000000E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000000E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000001E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000001E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000001E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000000E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000000E+01 mm, image #  1
Magnit. =  -9.302851E-01, zimg =   6.000000E+01 mm, image #  1
Focus found for field magnitude  -9.30285131E-01
Computation with asymptotic object
V*            =   1.00000000E+00 V
U             =   1.00000000E+00 eV
image #       =    1 (asymptotic)
z object      =   -5.0000000     mm
z image       =      60.0000     mm
rotation      =    0.0000000     rad
                   0.0000000     deg
dir. magnif.  =    -6.216739
ang. magnif.  =   -0.1608560
V* object     =   1.00000000E+00 V
V* image      =   1.00000000E+00 V
1-M*Ma*sqrt(p(zi)/p(zo))      =  -5.29420952E-12
fproj         =    9.0820777     mm
zproj         =    3.5390932     mm

Aberration coefficients related to object
 axial spherical aber.:   9.0529E+01              mm
 iso,aniso coma length:   8.9721E+00,  0.0000E+00
 field curvature:         1.1784E+00              1/mm
 iso,aniso astigmatism:   2.5496E-01,  0.0000E+00 1/mm
 iso,aniso distortion:    4.6112E-02,  0.0000E+00 1/mm^2
 axial chromatic:         1.2484E+02              mm
 iso,aniso chromatic:     6.6222E+00,  0.0000E+00

Aberration coefficients for aperture
Aperture position at z=     0.0000000E+00 mm
  |ra| =   1.1462E+01, |rb| =   1.0872E+00

 axial spherical aber.:   9.0529E+01              mm
 iso,aniso coma length:  -8.2012E+00,  0.0000E+00
 field curvature:         1.1053E+00              1/mm
 iso,aniso astigmatism:   2.1840E-01,  0.0000E+00 1/mm
 iso,aniso distortion:   -1.4315E-02,  0.0000E+00 1/mm^2
 axial chromatic:         1.2484E+02              mm
 iso,aniso chromatic:    -5.2188E+00,  0.0000E+00