Materials Science Forum, Vol.363-3, 439-441, 2001
A transmission positron microscope and a scanning positron microscope being built at KEK, japan
This paper reports the plans of positron microscopes being built at KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Tsukuba, Japan improving used electron microscopes. The kinetic energies of positron produced by accelerators or by nuclear decays have not a unique value but show a spread over in a wide range. Positron beam will be guided near electron microscopes, a transmission electron microscope (JEM100S) and a scanning electron microscope (JSM25S). Positrons are slowed down by a tungsten foil, accelerated and focused on a nickel sheet. The monochromatic focused beam will be injected into an electron microscope. The focusing of positrons and electrons is achieved by magnetic system of the electron microscopes. Imaging plates are used to record positron images for the transmission electron microscope.
Keywords:conversion of electron microscopes to positron microscopes;positron lenses;positron microscope;scanning positron microscopes;transmission positron microscopes