Use of an Electron Flood Gun to Reduce Surface Charging in X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

15 February 1972

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 20 (4) , 158-159
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1654090

Abstract

A flood‐gun arrangement is shown to be useful in alleviating the sample‐charging problem in x‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Modest currents (<10−8 A) of low‐energy electrons result in the shifting of photoelectron energy peaks to the proper positions and the reduction of the peak widths.

Keywords

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY

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HIGH-SENSITIVITY ELECTRON SPECTROMETER
Applied Physics Letters, 1970