Abstract:
An electron microscope includes an acquisition section that acquires an electron microscope image of a specimen that includes a plurality of identical patterns, and a spectrum at each pixel of the electron microscope image, and an elemental map generation section that adds up the spectrum at each pixel of each of a plurality of areas that are included in the electron microscope image and have an identical size to generate an elemental mapping image of the specimen.
Abstract:
There is provided a beam alignment method capable of easily aligning an electron beam with a coma-free axis in an electron microscope. The method starts with tilting the electron beam (EB) in a first direction (+X) relative to a reference axis (A) and obtaining a first TEM (transmission electron microscope) image. Then, the beam is tilted in a second direction (−X) relative to the reference axis, the second direction (−X) being on the opposite side of the reference axis (A) from the first direction (+X), and a second TEM image is obtained. The reference axis is incrementally varied so as to reduce the brightness of the differential image between a power spectrum of the first TEM image and a power spectrum of the second TEM image.
Abstract:
There is provided a beam alignment method capable of easily aligning an electron beam with a coma-free axis in an electron microscope. The method starts with tilting the electron beam (EB) in a first direction (+X) relative to a reference axis (A) and obtaining a first TEM (transmission electron microscope) image. Then, the beam is tilted in a second direction (−X) relative to the reference axis, the second direction (−X) being on the opposite side of the reference axis (A) from the first direction (+X), and a second TEM image is obtained. The reference axis is incrementally varied so as to reduce the brightness of the differential image between a power spectrum of the first TEM image and a power spectrum of the second TEM image.
Abstract:
An electron microscope includes an acquisition section that acquires an electron microscope image of a specimen that includes a plurality of identical patterns, and a spectrum at each pixel of the electron microscope image, and an elemental map generation section that adds up the spectrum at each pixel of each of a plurality of areas that are included in the electron microscope image and have an identical size to generate an elemental mapping image of the specimen.