Modulation transfer function and detective quantum efficiency of electron bombarded charge coupled device detector for low energy electrons
- Institute of Scientific Instruments, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Kralovopolska 147, CZ-61264 Brno (Czech Republic)
The use of a thinned back-side illuminated charge coupled device chip as two-dimensional sensor working in direct electron bombarded mode at optimum energy of the incident signal electrons is demonstrated and the measurements of the modulation transfer function (MTF) and detective quantum efficiency (DQE) are described. The MTF was measured for energy of electrons 4 keV using an edge projection method and a stripe projection method. The decrease of the MTF for a maximum spatial frequency of 20.8 cycles/mm, corresponding to the pixel size 24x24 {mu}m, is 0.75{approx_equal}-2.5 dB, and it is approximately the same for both horizontal and vertical directions. DQE was measured using an empty image and the mixing factor method. Empty images were acquired for energies of electrons from 2 to 5 keV and for various doses, ranging from nearly dark image to a nearly saturated one. DQE increases with increasing energy of bombarded electrons and reaches 0.92 for electron energy of 5 keV. For this energy the detector will be used for the angle- and energy-selective detection of signal electrons in the scanning low energy electron microscope.
- OSTI ID:
- 20723134
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 76, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2018587; (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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