A differentially pumped electrostatic lens system for photoemission studies in the millibar range

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Abstract
A high pressurephotoemission system is described that combines differential pumping with an electrostatic lens system. This approach allows optimized differential pumping without loss of signal, thereby increasing the high-pressure performance by at least 2 orders of magnitude compared to passive differential pumping systems. A general analysis of aperture-based high-pressurephotoemission is presented, followed by a description of the prototype system which has operated at pressures up to 7 mbar on a synchrotron beamline. Using this approach, photoemission experiments should be possible up to 100 mbar. Example data are presented for dielectric samples in gas atmospheres, for a copper catalyst under reaction conditions, and for liquidwater in equilibrium with its vapor.

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