Nagoya University

Mb Scientific Ab

Peter Baltzer

Takahiro Ito

Makoto Kuwahara

Yukio Takeuchi

Toru Ujihara

Fumiaki Ichihashi

Takahiko Kawaguchi

Electrons excited by irradiation of a visible light to a sample is at an energy level lower than a vacuum level, thus photoelectrons are not emitted from the sample and energy of excited electrons cannot be measured. The visible light is irradiated to the sample through a mesh electrode. A surface film for reducing the vacuum level is formed on a surface of the sample. With the surface film being formed, photoelectrons are obtained by the visible light, and these photoelectrons are accelerated by the mesh electrode toward a photoelectron spectrometer. Ultraviolet light may be irradiated to the sample and metal having same potential therewith. In this case, the mesh electrode is set at a retracted position to prohibit interaction of the mesh electrode and the ultraviolet light. A difference between the valence band and the Fermi level of the sample can be measured.

Apparatus and method for measuring energy of electrons

A charged particle spectrometer of hemispherical analyzer type for analyzing a particle emitting sample, the spectrometer comprising at least a first mechanism configured to move at least a part of the lens with respect to the axis between the sample spot and the analyzer entrance in a coordinate direction synchronously with a deflection of the particle beam.

Electron spectrometer

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Uppsala, Sweden

Peter Baltzer