Abstract:
A raster type particle-beam device has an electro-optical axis and defines a specimen locality on the axis. The device has a beam generator for issuing a particle beam along the axis toward the specimen locality, a condenser lens for focussing the beam onto the specimen locality, the lens being disposed ahead of the specimen locality and coaxial with the axis, a deflection system arranged about the axis intermediate the beam generator and the condenser lens, an imaging surface disposed beyond the specimen locality in coaxial relation to the axis for receiving the rays of the beam passing through the specimen, and a beam modifying structure for modifying the imaging properties of the beam, the beam modifying structure being disposed in the path of the beam intermediate the deflection system and the specimen locality.