The scanning electron microscope as an accelerator for the undergraduate advanced physics laboratory

Few universities or colleges have an accelerator for use with advanced physics laboratories, but many of these institutions have a scanning electron microscope (SEM) on site, often in the biology department. As an accelerator for the undergraduate, advanced physics laboratory, the SEM is an excellen...

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Main Authors: Peterson, Randolph S., Berggren, Karl K., Mondol, Mark K.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Language:en_US
Published: American Institute of Physics (AIP) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74142
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description Few universities or colleges have an accelerator for use with advanced physics laboratories, but many of these institutions have a scanning electron microscope (SEM) on site, often in the biology department. As an accelerator for the undergraduate, advanced physics laboratory, the SEM is an excellent substitute for an ion accelerator. Although there are no nuclear physics experiments that can be performed with a typical 30 kV SEM, there is an opportunity for experimental work on accelerator physics, atomic physics, electron‐solid interactions, and the basics of modern e‐beam lithography.
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spelling mit-1721.1/741422022-09-29T14:05:43Z The scanning electron microscope as an accelerator for the undergraduate advanced physics laboratory Peterson, Randolph S. Berggren, Karl K. Mondol, Mark K. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics Peterson, Randolph S. Berggren, Karl K. Mondol, Mark K. Few universities or colleges have an accelerator for use with advanced physics laboratories, but many of these institutions have a scanning electron microscope (SEM) on site, often in the biology department. As an accelerator for the undergraduate, advanced physics laboratory, the SEM is an excellent substitute for an ion accelerator. Although there are no nuclear physics experiments that can be performed with a typical 30 kV SEM, there is an opportunity for experimental work on accelerator physics, atomic physics, electron‐solid interactions, and the basics of modern e‐beam lithography. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant 0823778) 2012-10-19T13:35:39Z 2012-10-19T13:35:39Z 2010-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0094-243X 1551-7616 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74142 Peterson, Randolph S. et al. “The Scanning Electron Microscope As An Accelerator For The Undergraduate Advanced Physics Laboratory.” AIP Conference Proceedings v. 1336, 753–757, 2011. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-4890 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9031 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3586204 AIP Conference Proceedings Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ application/pdf American Institute of Physics (AIP) MIT web domain
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