Method for coincident alignment of a laser beam and a charged particle beam

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9754764
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14991507

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A method and apparatus for aligning a laser beam coincident with a charged particle beam. The invention described provides a method for aligning the laser beam through the center of an objective lens and ultimately targeting the eucentric point of a multi-beam system. The apparatus takes advantage of components of the laser beam alignment system being positioned within and outside of the vacuum chamber of the charged particle system.

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FEI COMPANYHILLSBORO OR

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Emerson, Mark Pullman, US 15 306
Straw, Marcus Portland, US 22 235

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