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Whole Column Simulations
3D
3D Ray Trace
3D Ray-Tracing
Direct ray-tracing using 3D finite difference method.
3D Ray-Tracing, which is available as an upgrade to 3D Field, calculates trajectories using the initial positions, energies and emission angles of each charged particle .
Purchase Options: Upgrade from 3D Field
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OPTICS
OPTICS-LITE
OPTICS-LITE
Column simulation (limited functionality).
The OPTICS-LITE software is an entry level version of the core OPTICS package, but with reduced functionality. The package also includes simple tolerancing capabilities.
The simulation is limited to a single round electrostatic lens and single round magnetic lens, and there is no option for deflector simulation within this package.
Purchase Options: Base Package
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OPTICS
OPTICS
Column Simulation (full functionality).
The OPTICS software is a package for the simulation and design of charged particle columns consisting of any combination of round lenses and deflectors. Its purpose is to assist with the field computation in individual lenses and deflectors, the computation of the optical properties and aberrations of any combination of such elements and the graphical display of the effects of the aberrations.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Upgrade from OPTICS-LITE, Rocking beam option (RB-3)
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REFINE
REFINE
Column optimisation.
The REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. A particle beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from OPTICS
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DYNAMIC
DYNAMIC
Dynamic correction elements design.
The DYNAMIC module allows the user to compensate for certain deflection aberrations by the application of correction signals at each point in the deflection field. These dynamic correction signals are applied using stigmators for the correction of deflection astigmatism, and dynamic focus lenses for the correction of deflection field curvature.
DYNAMIC may be used to design such stigmators and dynamic focus lenses. The field functions of the stigmators and dynamic focus lenses are used to compute the required strengths to correct the deflection astigmatism and field curvature.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from OPTICS
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TOLERANCE
TOLERANCE
Column tolerancing.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from OPTICS
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REFINE-5
REFINE-5
Column optimisation of aberrations up to 5th – order.
The REFINE-5 module extends the functionality of REFINE to allow the optimisation of the aberrations up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from REFINE or ABER-5 Requires SOFEM Field
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DYNAMIC-5
DYNAMIC-5
Dynamic correction elements design with aberrations up to 5th – order.
The DYNAMIC-5 module provides the functionality of DYNAMIC, but computes the aberrations up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from DYNAMIC or ABER-5 Requires SOFEM Field
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ABER-5
ABER-5
5th – order aberrations.
ABER-5 extends the capabilities of the OPTICS package to compute the higher-order aberrations of complete columns – specifically the 5th-order geometric and 3rd-order chromatic aberrations.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from OPTICS Requires SOFEM Field Rocking beam option (RB-5)
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RB3/RB5
RB3/RB5
Rocking Beam Option
Recently, it has become important to be able to rock or tilt the beam about a specified position in the image plane.
RB3 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 3rd-order terms.
RB5 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Available with all OPTICS family and WIEN family packages
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MULTIPOLE
MULTIPOLE
MULTIPOLE
Multipole column design.
MULTIPOLE simulates the optical properties and aberrations of systems containing combinations of round lenses, multipole lenses and deflectors for aberrations up to 3rd-order.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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MULTIPOLE-REFINE
MULTIPOLE-REFINE
Multipole column optimisation.
The MULTIPOLE-REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. An electron beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters.
MULTIPOLE-REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from MULTIPOLE
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MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE
MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE
Multipole column tolerancing.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from MULTIPOLE
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WIEN
WIEN
WIEN
Multipole and Wien filter systems.
The WIEN program handles complete columns containing round lenses, multipole lenses and Wien filters and calculates aberrations up to 3rd-order.
Purchase Options: Base package, Rocking beam option for, WIEN (RBW-3), Mask option (MASK-3), Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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WIEN-5
WIEN-5
Multipole and Wien filter systems with aberrations up to 5th-order.
WIEN-5 extends the capabilities of WIEN to include aberrations up to 5th-order.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from WIEN, Rocking beam option for WIEN (RBW-5), Mask option (MASK-5)
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WIEN-REFINE
WIEN-REFINE
Optimisation of aberrations up to 3rd-order.
The WIEN-REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. A electron beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. WIEN-REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from WIEN
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WIEN-REFINE-5
WIEN-REFINE-5
Optimisation of aberrations up to 5th-order.
The WIEN-REFINE-5 module extends the functionality of WIEN-REFINE to allow optimisation of the aberrations up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from WIEN-5 or WIEN-REFINE
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RB3/RB5
RB3/RB5
Rocking Beam Option
Recently, it has become important to be able to rock or tilt the beam about a specified position in the image plane.
RB3 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 3rd-order terms.
RB5 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Available with all OPTICS family and WIEN family packages
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MASK-3/MASK-5
MASK-3/MASK-5
Purchase Options: Available with all WIEN family packages
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IMAGE
IMAGE-LENS
IMAGE-LENS
Simulation of unified aberrations and discrete Coulomb interactions for round lens systems.
IMAGE-LENS allows the analysis of systems containing round lenses only. Accurate direct ray tracing eliminates the need to use conventional aberration theory, and the method is therefore applicable to systems with aberrations of any order. The software computes and plots the total blur including both aberrations and coulomb interaction effects. Post-processing facilities are included, for plotting point spread functions (with systematic or random initial conditions) and through-focal series of edge blur diagrams.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Requires SOFEM Field
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IMAGE
IMAGE
Upgrade to handle deflectors, multipole lenses and Wien filters.
The IMAGE software extends the capabilities of IMAGE-LENS to allow the analysis of a wide range of systems which, in addition to round lenses, can include combinations of multipole lenses, deflectors, stigmators and Wien filters.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE-LENS, Requires 3D Field
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PARALLEL-IMAGE
PARALLEL-IMAGE
Parallel execution on multi-core processors.
In PARALLEL-IMAGE we have introduced new algorithms that take advantage of the multi-core CPUs available in most modern PCs. The time-intensive parts of the programs involve the computation of the discrete Coulomb forces between particles in the system. This force computation has been significantly speeded up by using a hierarchical tree algorithm that operates in parallel, so that the Coulomb forces on each time-step of the ray-trace can be computed on all the available cores in the PC.
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IMAGE-TOLERANCE
IMAGE-TOLERANCE
Upgrade for tolerancing capability.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small imperfections during construction. Using the IMAGE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications. The IMAGE-TOLERANCE software allows the combination of aberrations and coulomb interactions to be computed and plotted for a system with asymmetry errors.
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MIRROR-IMAGE
MIRROR-IMAGE
Simulation of electron and ion mirrors
The MIRROR-IMAGE package uses a direct ray trace to calculate the combined effects of aberrations and discrete coulomb interactions in systems containing an electron mirror.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE-LENS
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MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
Electron Mirrors.
The MIRROR software package is used for simulating the optical properties of electron mirrors, including the generation of aberration coefficients up to 5th-order, using the differential algebra method. The software handles electron mirrors containing any combination of rotationally symmetric fields. The software can handle combinations of electron mirrors and electron lenses. MIRROR is a stand alone package.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM field
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CURVED IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
Simulation of aberrations and Coulomb interactions in curved axis systems.
CURVED-IMAGE is an extension of our IMAGE software that computes the aberrations and Coulomb interactions in systems that can have a curved axis. The software will handle any combination of round lens and multipole lenses, as well as Wien filters and prisms.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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PROJECTION
PROJECTION
PROJECTION
Projection Optics
The PROJECTION software package is used for the simulation of electron beam projection systems including dynamic corrections and optimisation up to 5th-order aberrations. PROJECTION is a stand alone package.
Purchase Options: Standalone package
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Ray Tracing & Beam Simulation
SOFEM
SOFEM Ray tracing
SOFEM Ray-Tracing
2D direct ray-tracing using second-order finite element method.
The SOFEM Ray-Tracing software provides the facility for the computation and plotting of electron trajectories using direct ray-tracing through the computed electrostatic and magnetic lens fields. Since the field components are obtained to a high accuracy (typically better than 1 part in 104), the trajectories obtained with this software are very accurate, and can be used to estimate the lens aberrations directly from the raytrace.
Purchase Options: SOFEM Field, SOFEM Ray-Tracing (Upgrade from SOFEM Field)
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3D
3D Ray Tracing
3D Ray-Tracing
Direct ray-tracing using 3D finite difference method.
3D Ray-Tracing, which is available as an upgrade to 3D Field, calculates trajectories using the initial positions, energies and emission angles of each charged particle .
Purchase Options: 3D Field, 3D Ray-Tracing (Upgrade from 3D Field), 3D Space Charge (Upgrade from 3D Ray-Tracing)
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SOURCE
SOURCE
SOURCE
Electron source design (electrostatic focusing only)
The SOURCE package is used for analysing and designing electron sources taking into account volumetric space charge effects. The software uses the second-order finite element method, which provides greater accuracy than the first order method and which allows very accurate modelling of curved cathodes and electrodes. SOURCE can only handle rotationally symmetric or planar symmetric structures.
Purchase Options: Base Package
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SOURCE-MAGNETIC
SOURCE-MAGNETIC
Electron source design (including magnetic focusing)
The SOURCE-MAGNETIC software extends the capabilities of the SOURCE software to include magnetic focusing generated by magnetic lenses.
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SOURCE-TOLERANCE
SOURCE-TOLERANCE
Electron source tolerancing
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the SOURCE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
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SOURCE-CI
SOURCE-CI
Coulomb interactions in electron sources
All of the SOURCE modules take into account volumetric space charge effects. SOURCE-CI extends SOURCE to include the effects of inter-particle coulomb interactions. Such interactions are always computationally intensive, but our fast tree code coulomb algorithm helps to reduce computation time.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from SOURCE
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IMAGE
IMAGE-LENS
IMAGE-LENS
Simulation of unified aberrations and discrete Coulomb interactions for round lens systems.
IMAGE-LENS allows the analysis of systems containing round lenses only. Accurate direct ray tracing eliminates the need to use conventional aberration theory, and the method is therefore applicable to systems with aberrations of any order. The software computes and plots the total blur including both aberrations and coulomb interaction effects. Post-processing facilities are included, for plotting point spread functions (with systematic or random initial conditions) and through-focal series of edge blur diagrams.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Requires SOFEM Field
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IMAGE
IMAGE
Upgrade to handle deflectors, multipole lenses and Wien filters.
The IMAGE software extends the capabilities of IMAGE-LENS to allow the analysis of a wide range of systems which, in addition to round lenses, can include combinations of multipole lenses, deflectors, stigmators and Wien filters.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE-LENS, Requires 3D Field
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PARALLEL-IMAGE
PARALLEL-IMAGE
Parallel execution on multi-core processors.
In PARALLEL-IMAGE we have introduced new algorithms that take advantage of the multi-core CPUs available in most modern PCs. The time-intensive parts of the programs involve the computation of the discrete Coulomb forces between particles in the system. This force computation has been significantly speeded up by using a hierarchical tree algorithm that operates in parallel, so that the Coulomb forces on each time-step of the ray-trace can be computed on all the available cores in the PC.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE or IMAGE-LENS
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IMAGE-TOLERANCE
IMAGE-TOLERANCE
Upgrade for tolerancing capability.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small imperfections during construction. Using the IMAGE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications. The IMAGE-TOLERANCE software allows the combination of aberrations and coulomb interactions to be computed and plotted for a system with asymmetry errors.
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MIRROR-IMAGE
MIRROR-IMAGE
Simulation of electron and ion mirrors
The MIRROR-IMAGE package uses a direct ray trace to calculate the combined effects of aberrations and discrete coulomb interactions in systems containing an electron mirror.
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CURVED IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
Simulation of aberrations and Coulomb interactions in curved axis systems.
CURVED-IMAGE is an extension of our IMAGE software that computes the aberrations and Coulomb interactions in systems that can have a curved axis. The software will handle any combination of round lens and multipole lenses, as well as Wien filters and prisms.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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Field & Diffraction Computations
SOFEM
SOFEM Ray tracing
SOFEM Ray-Tracing
2D direct ray-tracing using second-order finite element method.
The SOFEM Ray-Tracing software provides the facility for the computation and plotting of electron trajectories using direct ray-tracing through the computed electrostatic and magnetic lens fields. Since the field components are obtained to a high accuracy (typically better than 1 part in 104), the trajectories obtained with this software are very accurate, and can be used to estimate the lens aberrations directly from the raytrace.
Purchase Options: SOFEM Field, SOFEM Ray-Tracing (Upgrade from SOFEM Field)
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3D
3D Field
3D Field
3D electrostatic and magnetic field simulation
3D Field uses the finite difference method (FDM) to compute the potential distribution of the elements. The surfaces of the electrodes do not have to conform to the grid lines and thus, 3D objects of varied shape can be analysed without the need for the user to define a complicated mesh to fit around the objects.
3D Field is used by several MEBS packages for field computation.
Purchase Options: Base Package
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WAVE
WAVE
WAVE
Wave Optical Simulations.
The WAVE software is used for calculating the current density distributions in electron beams. WAVE computes the current density in a probe, taking into account the effects of diffraction, spherical aberration, axial chromatic aberration and de-magnified source size. WAVE is a stand alone package.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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Tolerancing and Optimisation
SOURCE
SOURCE-TOLERANCE
SOURCE-TOLERANCE
Electron gun tolerancing
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the SOURCE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from SOURCE
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OPTICS
REFINE
REFINE
Charged particle column optimisation.
The REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. A particle beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from OPTICS
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TOLERANCE
TOLERANCE
Charged particle column tolerancing.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
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REFINE-5
REFINE-5
Column optimisation of aberrations up to 5th – order.
The REFINE-5 module extends the functionality of REFINE to allow the optimisation of the aberrations up to 5th-order terms.
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MULTIPOLE
MULTIPOLE-REFINE
MULTIPOLE-REFINE
Multipole system optimization.
The MULTIPOLE-REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. An electron beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. MULTIPOLE-REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from MULTIPOLE
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MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE
MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE
Multipole system tolerancing.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the MULTIPOLE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from MULTIPOLE
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WIEN
WIEN-REFINE
WIEN-REFINE
Optimization of aberrations up to third-order.
The WIEN-REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. A electron beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. WIEN-REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
The WIEN-REFINE module takes the initial design of the column, and interactively refines it to optimise the performance. A electron beam column contains many design parameters that can be varied and there are numerous aberrations which each depend on the variable parameters. WIEN-REFINE allows the user to choose which design parameter to vary and which aberration to target. The program then runs several optimisation cycles and generally yields designs with better properties than those obtained through trial and error.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from WIEN
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WIEN-5
WIEN-5
Multipole and Wien filter systems with aberrations up to fifth-order.
WIEN-5 extends the capabilites of WIEN to include aberrations up to 5th order.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from WIEN, Rocking beam option for WIEN (RBW-5), Mask option (MASK-5)
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IMAGE
IMAGE-TOLERANCE
IMAGE-TOLERANCE
Upgrade for tolerancing capability.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the IMAGE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications. The IMAGE-TOLERANCE software allows the combination of aberrations and coulomb interactions to be computed and plotted for a system with asymmetry errors.
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PROJECTION
PROJECTION
PROJECTION
Simulation of electron beam projection systems including dynamic corrections and optimization up to fifth-order aberrations.
The PROJECTION software package is used for the simulation of electron beam projection systems including dynamic corrections and optimization up to fifth-order aberrations.
Purchase Options: Standalone package
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Gun Optics
SOURCE
SOURCE
SOURCE
Electron source (electrostatic focusing only)
The SOURCE package is used for analysing and designing electron sources taking into account volumetric space charge effects. The software uses the second-order finite element method, which provides greater accuracy than the first order method and which allows very accurate modelling of curved cathodes and electrodes. SOURCE can only handle rotationally symmetric or planar symmetric structures.
Purchase Options: Base Package
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SOURCE-MAGNETIC
SOURCE-MAGNETIC
Electron source design (including magnetic focusing)
The SOURCE-MAGNETIC software extends the capabilities of the SOURCE software to include magnetic focusing generated by magnetic lenses.
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SOURCE-TOLERANCE
SOURCE-TOLERANCE
Electron source tolerancing
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the SOURCE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
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SOURCE-CI
SOURCE-CI
Coulomb interactions in electron sources
All of the SOURCE modules take into account volumetric space charge effects. SOURCE-CI extends SOURCE to include the effects of inter-particle coulomb interactions. Such interactions are always computationally intensive, but our fast tree code coulomb algorithm helps to reduce computation time.
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Coulomb Effects & Space Charge
3D
3D Space Charge
3D Space Charge
Simulation of effects of space charge.
The 3D Space Charge software extends the functionality of 3D Field and 3D Ray-Tracing to take into account space charge effects.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from 3D Ray-Tracing
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SOURCE
SOURCE
SOURCE
Electron source design (electrostatic focusing only)
The SOURCE package is used for analysing and designing electron sources taking into account volumetric space charge effects. The software uses the second-order finite element method, which provides greater accuracy than the first order method and which allows very accurate modelling of curved cathodes and electrodes. SOURCE can only handle rotationally symmetric or planar symmetric structures.
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SOURCE-MAGNETIC
SOURCE-MAGNETIC
Electron source design (including magnetic focusing)
The SOURCE-MAGNETIC software extends the capabilities of the SOURCE software to include magnetic focusing generated by magnetic lenses.
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SOURCE-TOLERANCE
SOURCE-TOLERANCE
Electron source tolerancing
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the SOURCE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from SOURCE
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SOURCE-CI
SOURCE-CI
Coulomb interactions in electron guns
All of the SOURCE modules take into account volumetric space charge effects. SOURCE-CI extends SOURCE to include the effects of inter-particle coulomb interactions. Such interactions are always computationally intensive, but our fast tree code coulomb algorithm helps to reduce computation time.
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IMAGE
IMAGE-LENS
IMAGE-LENS
Simulation of aberrations and discrete Coulomb interactions for round lens systems.
IMAGE-LENS allows the analysis of systems containing round lenses only. Accurate direct ray tracing eliminates the need to use conventional aberration theory, and the method is therefore applicable to systems with aberrations of any order. The software computes and plots the total blur including both aberrations and coulomb interaction effects. Post-processing facilities are included, for plotting point spread functions (with systematic or random initial conditions) and through-focal series of edge blur diagrams.
Purchase Options: Base Package, Requires SOFEM Field
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IMAGE
IMAGE
Upgrade to handle deflectors, multipole lenses and Wien filters.
The IMAGE software extends the capabilities of IMAGE-LENS to allow the analysis of a wide range of systems which, in addition to round lenses, can include combinations of multipole lenses, deflectors, stigmators and Wien filters.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE-LENS, Requires 3D Field
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PARALLEL-IMAGE
PARALLEL-IMAGE
Parallel execution on multi-core processors.
In PARALLEL-IMAGE we have introduced new algorithms that take advantage of the multi-core CPUs available in most modern PCs. The time-intensive parts of the programs involve the computation of the discrete Coulomb forces between particles in the system. This force computation has been significantly speeded up by using a hierarchical tree algorithm that operates in parallel, so that the Coulomb forces on each time-step of the ray-trace can be computed on all the available cores in the PC.
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IMAGE-TOLERANCE
IMAGE-TOLERANCE
Upgrade for tolerancing capability.
Real columns suffer from asymmetry errors caused by small mechanical imperfections during construction and alignment. Using the IMAGE-TOLERANCE software the user can compute the perturbation fields and aberrations due to tilts, misalignments and ellipticities in the electrodes or cathodes, to ensure that the system will perform in accordance with its design specifications. The IMAGE-TOLERANCE software allows the combination of aberrations and coulomb interactions to be computed and plotted for a system with asymmetry errors.
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MIRROR-IMAGE
MIRROR-IMAGE
Simulation of electron and ion mirrors
The MIRROR-IMAGE package uses a direct ray trace to calculate the combined effects of aberrations and discrete coulomb interactions in systems containing an electron mirror.
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CURVED IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
Simulation of aberrations and Coulomb interactions in curved axis systems.
CURVED-IMAGE is an extension of our IMAGE software that computes the aberrations and Coulomb interactions in systems that can have a curved axis. The software will handle any combination of round lens and multipole lenses, as well as Wien filters and prisms.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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Curved Axis, Tilted Beam & Mirror Systems
3D
3D Ray Trace
3D Ray-Trace
Direct ray-tracing using 3D finite difference method.
3D Ray-Tracing, which is available as an upgrade to 3D Field, calculates trajectories using the initial positions, energies and emission angles of each charged particle.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from 3D Field
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OPTICS
RB3/RB5
RB3/RB5
Recently, it has become important to be able to rock or tilt the beam about a specified position in the image plane.
RB3 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 3rd-order terms.
RB5 allows the aberrations of rocking beam systems to be computed up to 5th-order terms.
Purchase Options: Available with all OPTICS family and WIEN family packages
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IMAGE
MIRROR-IMAGE
MIRROR-IMAGE
Simulation of electron and ion mirrors
The MIRROR-IMAGE package uses a direct ray trace to calculate the combined effects of aberrations and discrete coulomb interactions in systems containing an electron mirror.
Purchase Options: Upgrade from IMAGE-LENS
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MIRROR
MIRROR
MIRROR
Electron mirrors
The MIRROR software package is used for simulating the optical properties of electron mirrors, including the generation of aberration coefficients up to 5th-order, using the differential algebra method. The software handles electron mirrors containing any combination of rotationally symmetric fields. The software can handle combinations of electron mirrors and electron lenses. MIRROR is a stand alone package.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM field
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CURVED IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
CURVED-IMAGE
Simulation of aberrations and Coulomb interactions in curved axis systems.
CURVED-IMAGE is an extension of our IMAGE software that computes the aberrations and Coulomb interactions in systems that can have a curved axis. The software will handle any combination of round lens and multipole lenses, as well as Wien filters and prisms.
Purchase Options: Standalone package, Requires SOFEM Field and 3D Field
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PRISM
PRISM
PRISM
Simulation of magnetic prisms.
The PRISM software simulates magnetic PRISMS. PRISM computes the 3rd-order aberrations of the system, but is limited to axes with a 90° bend.
Purchase Options: Standalone package
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FILTER
FILTER
FILTER
Simulation of imaging energy filters.
The FILTER software is used for the design of magnetic imaging energy filters.
Purchase Options: Standalone package
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