Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 33, Issue 5, 741(2025)

Design and experiment of multi-beam electron source

Weixia ZHAO1,2, Lingchao BAI1,3, Lixin ZHANG1、*, Junbiao LIU1,2, Bohua YIN1,2, and Li HAN1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Department of Micro-nano Fabrication Technology and Intelligent Electronic Devices, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing0090, China
  • 2School of Electronic, Electrical and Communication Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, China
  • 3School of Instrument Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing100192, China
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    Weixia ZHAO, Lingchao BAI, Lixin ZHANG, Junbiao LIU, Bohua YIN, Li HAN. Design and experiment of multi-beam electron source[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2025, 33(5): 741

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    Received: Nov. 20, 2024

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    Published Online: May. 20, 2025

    The Author Email: Lixin ZHANG (zhanglx@mail.iee.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20253305.0741

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