CNST collaboration demonstrates nanoscale focused ion beam employing laser-cooled lithium atoms
Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 08:02
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and FEI Company have adapted a commercial focused ion beam (FIB) column to use photoionized laser-cooled lithium atoms as an ion source, and demonstrated that NISTs patented Magneto-Optical Trap Ion Source (MOTIS) offers imaging performance competitive with the liquid metal ion sources used in most FIBs.