Hm - "refurbished by refilling the reservoir with Gallium". That sounds
like a DIY job if I ever heard one! I happen to have some Gallium sitting
right here...
Patrik
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Also, here's a link to a 'quote' on a new
source... I've heard how
much these usually cost before, but I can't remember exactly at the
moment. I think around $2-4k:
https://www.appliedbeams.com/product/gallium-lmis-refill-for-seiko-fib-syst…
Here's a good primer on FIB I just found when searching for the
average lifetime of the Gallium source:
(warning 159MB)
http://www.emal.engin.umich.edu/courses/FIB%20Workshop%202008/FIB%20Worksho…
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Nathan McCorkle <nmz787(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Patrik
D'haeseleer <patrikd(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
DOH!
Thank Nathan - that would be a huge difference. I got fooled by the
fact that the several listings on
caeonline.com all call it a FIB SEM
system:
http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/9095358/seiko-smi-3200
http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/67711/seiko-smi-3200
http://www.caeonline.com/listing/product/9025735/seiko-smi-3200
Don't these things usually allow some secondary electron imaging as well
though?
Yes, the imaging electronics is the same as a scanning electron
microscope, the beam scan electronics probably a bit different but
mostly the same ideas (using electrical or magnetic fields to scan the
beam).
>
> If it doesn't have any imaging capabilities, I doubt that we would want
this
beast.
Would be good to check this with the owner though...
Yep, I'm guessing this has imaging... it would be pretty hard to focus
to <5nm without some feedback to check edges for!
--
-Nathan