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Transmission EELS of oxide superconductors with a cold field emission TEM
Author(s) -
Wang Y. Y.,
Zhang H.,
Dravid V. P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
microscopy research and technique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.536
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1097-0029
pISSN - 1059-910X
DOI - 10.1002/jemt.1070300303
Subject(s) - electron energy loss spectroscopy , transmission electron microscopy , superconductivity , spectroscopy , oxide , absorption spectroscopy , materials science , field electron emission , analytical chemistry (journal) , scanning transmission electron microscopy , chemistry , electron , condensed matter physics , optics , nanotechnology , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
Abstract Electron energy loss spectrometry (EELS) with a cold field emission gun (cFEG) transmission electron microscope (TEM) is implemented to analyze the evolution of the electronic structure and dielectric function of oxide superconductors. The O‐K core loss spectra of p ‐type doped oxide superconductors are analyzed in terms of holes formation on oxygen sites, while low loss spectra are analyzed for free carrier plasmas, other spectral excitations, and their crystallographic confinement. It is illustrated that the transmission EELS with a cFEG TEM very much complement soft X‐ray absorption spectroscopy and optical spectroscopy, with the added advantages of high spatial resolution (∼1–100 nm), and is compatible with other analytical, diffraction, and imaging techniques, which are readily available in a cFEG TEM. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.