Charged Particle Optics Theory : An Introduction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Groves, Timothy R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction: The optical nature of a charged particle beam
  • 2 Geometrical optics
  • 2.1 Relativistic classical mechanics
  • 2.1.1 Hamilton's principle of least action
  • 2.1.2 The Hamiltonian function and energy conservation
  • 2.1.3 Mechanical analog of Fermat's principle
  • 2.2 Exact trajectory equation for a single particle
  • 2.3 Conservation laws
  • 2.3.1 The Lagrange invariant
  • 2.3.2 Liouville's theorem and brightness conservation
  • 2.4 General curvilinear axis
  • 2.4.1 Equation of motion in terms of transverse coordinates and slopes
  • 2.4.2 Natural units
  • 2.5 Axial symmetry
  • 2.5.1 Exact equations of motion for axially symmetric fields
  • 2.5.2 Paraxial approximation, Gaussian optics
  • 2.5.3 Series solution for the general ray equation
  • 2.5.4 Space charge
  • 2.5.5 The primary geometrical aberrations
  • 2.5.6 Spherical aberration
  • 2.5.7 Field aberrations
  • 2.5.8 Chromatic aberration
  • 2.5.9 Intensity point spread function
  • 2.6 Stochastic Coulomb scattering
  • 2.6.1 Monte Carlo simulation
  • 2.6.2 Analytical approximation by Markov's method of random flights
  • 2.7 Hamilton-Jacobi theory
  • 2.7.1 Canonical transformations
  • 2.7.2 Applications of Hamilton-Jacobi theory
  • 2.7.3 Hamilton-Jacobi theory and geometrical optics
  • 3 Wave optics
  • 3.1 Quantum mechanical description of particle motion
  • 3.1.1 The postulates of quantum mechanics
  • 3.1.2 Particle motion in a field-free space
  • 3.1.3 Wave packet propagation and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  • 3.1.4 The quantum mechanical analog of Fermat's principle for matter waves
  • 3.2 Particle motion in a general electromagnetic potential
  • 3.2.1 Path integral approach for the time-dependent wave function.
  • 3.2.2 Series solution for a particle in a general electromagnetic potential
  • 3.2.3 Quantum interference effects in electromagnetic potentials
  • 3.2.4 The Klein-Gordon equation and the covariant wave function
  • 3.2.5 Physical interpretation of the wave function and its practical application
  • 3.3 Diffraction
  • 3.3.1 The Fresnel-Kirchhoff relation
  • 3.3.2 The Fresnel and Fraunhofer approximations
  • 3.3.3 Amplitude in the Gaussian image plane
  • 3.3.4 Amplitude in the diffraction plane
  • 3.3.5 Optical transformation for a general imaging system with coherent illumination
  • 3.3.6 Optical transformation for a general imaging system with incoherent illumination
  • 3.3.7 The wave front aberration function
  • 3.3.8 Relationship between diffraction and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
  • 4 Particle scattering
  • 4.1 Classical particle kinematics
  • 4.2 Scattering cross section and classical scattering
  • 4.3 Integral expression of Schrödinger's equation
  • 4.4 Green's function solution for elastic scattering
  • 4.5 Perturbation theory
  • 4.6 Perturbation solution for elastic scattering
  • 4.7 Inelastic scattering of a particle by a target atom
  • 4.8 Slowing of a charged particle in a dielectric medium
  • 4.9 Small angle plural scattering of fast electrons
  • 5 Electron emission from solids
  • 5.1 The image force
  • 5.2 The incident current density
  • 5.3 Thermionic emission
  • 5.4 Field emission
  • 5.5 Emission with elevated temperature and field
  • 5.6 Space charge limited emission
  • Appendix A The Fourier transform
  • Appendix B Linear second-order dierential equation
  • Bibliography
  • Index.