Physical Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to TEM ...
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142 Chapter 5<br />
Figure 5-14. Red, green and blue phosphor dots in a color-TV screen, imaged using<br />
secondary electrons (on the left) and in CL mode (on the right) without wavelength filtering.<br />
The lower images show the individual grains <strong>of</strong> light-emitting phosphor imaged at higher<br />
magnification. From Reimer (1998), courtesy <strong>of</strong> J. Hersener, Th. Ricker, and Springer-Verlag.<br />
The light can be detected by a pho<strong>to</strong>multiplier tube, sometimes preceded by<br />
a color filter or a wavelength-dispersive device (glass prism or diffraction<br />
grating) so that a limited range <strong>of</strong> pho<strong>to</strong>n wavelengths are recorded.<br />
Cathodoluminescence is more efficient at low temperatures, so the specimen<br />
is<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten cooled <strong>to</strong> below 20 K, using liquid helium as the refrigerant.<br />
Visible light is emitted when a primary electron, undergoing an inelastic<br />
collision, transfers a few eV <strong>of</strong> energy <strong>to</strong> an outer-shell (valence) electron,<br />
which then emits a pho<strong>to</strong>n while returning <strong>to</strong> its lowest-energy state. If the<br />
primary electron collides with an inner-shell electron, more energy must be<br />
transferred <strong>to</strong> excite the a<strong>to</strong>mic electron <strong>to</strong> a vacant energy level (an outer<br />
orbit or orbital) and a pho<strong>to</strong>n <strong>of</strong> higher energy (hundreds or thousands <strong>of</strong> eV)