Definition of Electron optics

1. Noun. The branch of electronics that deals with beams of electrons and their focusing and deflection by magnetic fields.

Generic synonyms: Electronics

Medical Definition of Electron optics

1. The science that deals with propagation electrons, as light optics deals with that of light and its phenomena. Eye lens (see lens, eye). (05 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electron Optics

electron lens
electron magneton
electron micrograph
electron micrographs
electron microprobe
electron microscope
electron microscopes
electron microscopic
electron microscopy
electron multiplier
electron neutrino
electron neutrinos
electron number
electron optical axis
electron optical system
electron optics (current term)
electron orbit
electron pair
electron paramagnetic resonance
electron probe
electron probe microanalyser
electron probe microanalysis
electron radiation
electron radiography
electron resonance absorption
electron shell
electron spin resonance
electron spin resonance spectroscopy
electron trajectory
electron transfer flavin

Literary usage of Electron optics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The number of these latter electrons is not definitely known, but is almost surely greater than i, from considerations of the electron-optics of the ..."

2. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"There is a need to correct for the spherical and chromatic aberrations introduced by the electron optics. This will result in improved coherence of the beam ..."

3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... innovative processing and joining, coating technology and complex characterization, using electron optics and surface analysis techniques. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"I am indebted to Dr. Yasuhiro Itagaki of the Japan electron optics Laboratory Co., Ltd., for running the mass spectrum of ..."

5. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"Cecil E. Hall, who had studied electron optics and electron microscopy in Professor Burton's laboratory at the University of Toronto and who had ..."

6. Fission Gas Behaviour in Water Reactor Fuels: Seminar Proceedings, Cadarache by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"The fuel was returned to Magnox Electric's Shielded electron optics Suite at Berkeley (UK) where extensive scanning electron microscopy was performed to ..."

7. NIST at 100: Foundations for Progressedited by Raymond G. Kammer edited by Raymond G. Kammer (2001)
"For national defense projects, NIST acquired many new tools, including an early electron microscope for research in metallurgy and electron optics; ..."

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