The 77th JSAP Autumn Meeting, 2016

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Poster presentation

2 Ionizing Radiation » 2 Ionizing Radiation(Poster)

[15p-P14-1~71] 2 Ionizing Radiation(Poster)

Thu. Sep 15, 2016 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM P14 (Exhibition Hall)

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

[15p-P14-68] X-ray transmission characteristic measurements of polycapillary optics for a TES microcalorimeter EDS system on a scanning transmission electron microscope

Yukiko Tsuru1, Akira Takano1, Keisuke Maehata1, Naoko Iyomoto1, Toru Hara2, Kazuhisa Mitsuda3, Noriko Yamasaki3, Keiichi Tanaka4 (1.Kyushu Univ., 2.NIMS, 3.JAXA, 4.Hitachi High-Tech Science)

Keywords:Polycapilary, TES microcalorimeter, STEM

An energy-dispersive spectrometer (EDS) with a superconducting transition edge sensor (TES) microcalorimeter mounted on a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) has been developed to enhance the accuracy of nanoscale material analysis. We used polycapillary optics to collect X-rays. We evaluated X-ray transmission characteristics of the optics to realize a high-accuracy analysis.