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Gallium Arsenide

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Cerenkov losses and light guiding modes are present in the very low loss! Compare with spectra recorded at other thicknesses in this base. Analyst: M. Stoeger-Pollach. Temperature: Room. BEAM/Crystal: 110.

Use in HyperSpy
import exspy

spectra = exspy.data.eelsdb(title="Gallium Arsenide", formula="GaAs")
s = next(sp for sp in spectra if sp.original_metadata.json.id == 21665)
s.plot(plot_edges=True)

Specimen

Formula
GaAs
Elements
Ga, As
Source and purity
commercial sample
Energy range
-1.3 – 18.28 eV
Step
0.02 eV

Keywords

  • imported from old site

Treatment

Dark current corrected
Yes
Gain variation corrected
Yes
Thickness
2.2 t/λ

Acquisition

Microscope
Tecnai F20 monochromator
Gun
Thermal type FEG ( monochromator was used )
Beam energy
200 kV
Convergence semi-angle
4 mrad
Collection semi-angle
0.18 mrad
Resolution
0.22 eV
Monochromated
Yes
Detector
Parallel: GIF
Readouts
1

Reference

M. Stoeger-Pollach et al.,Micron 37(2006)396-402

Other links

Please cite this spectrum

If you use this spectrum, cite the contributor's paper and the EELS Data Base.

Michael Stöger-Pollach. Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). EELS Data Base, spectrum 21665, 2007. https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/gallium-arsenide-2/

M. Stoeger-Pollach et al.,Micron 37(2006)396-402

Philip Ewels, Thierry Sikora, Virginie Serin, Chris P. Ewels and Luc Lajaunie. “A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu.” Microscopy and Microanalysis 22, 717–724 (2016). doi:10.1017/S1431927616000179
BibTeX
@misc{StgerPollach2007eelsdb21665,
  author = {Michael Stöger-Pollach},
  title = {Gallium Arsenide},
  howpublished = {EELS Data Base, spectrum 21665},
  year = {2007},
  url = {https://eelsdb.eu/spectra/gallium-arsenide-2/}
}

@article{ewels2016eelsdb,
  author = {Ewels, Philip and Sikora, Thierry and Serin, Virginie and Ewels, Chris P. and Lajaunie, Luc},
  title = {A Complete Overhaul of the Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Database: eelsdb.eu},
  journal = {Microscopy and Microanalysis},
  volume = {22},
  pages = {717--724},
  year = {2016},
  doi = {10.1017/S1431927616000179}
}