Open AccessThree‐dimensional electron microscopy simulation with the CASINO Monte Carlo software
Author(s) -
Demers Hendrix,
PoirierDemers Nicolas,
Couture Alexandre Réal,
Joly Dany,
Guilmain Marc,
de Jonge Niels,
Drouin Dominique
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
scanning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1932-8745
pISSN - 0161-0457
DOI - 10.1002/sca.20262
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , software , computer science , scanning transmission electron microscopy , scanning electron microscope , electron tomography , simulation software , energy (signal processing) , range (aeronautics) , graphical user interface , optics , computer graphics (images) , computational science , materials science , physics , mathematics , statistics , programming language , quantum mechanics , composite material
Abstract Monte Carlo softwares are widely used to understand the capabilities of electron microscopes. To study more realistic applications with complex samples, 3D Monte Carlo softwares are needed. In this article, the development of the 3D version of CASINO is presented. The software feature a graphical user interface, an efficient (in relation to simulation time and memory use) 3D simulation model, accurate physic models for electron microscopy applications, and it is available freely to the scientific community at this website: www.gel.usherbrooke.ca/casino/index.html . It can be used to model backscattered, secondary, and transmitted electron signals as well as absorbed energy. The software features like scan points and shot noise allow the simulation and study of realistic experimental conditions. This software has an improved energy range for scanning electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy applications. SCANNING 33:135–146, 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.