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virtual source

virtual source

In the case of the filed-emission electron gun, the action of the electrostatic lens is weak and the crossover is not produced in front of the tip of the electron gun. The "virtual source" is a point behind the tip, where all trajectories of the emitted electrons virtually meet (at one point) by the extrapolation of the electron trajectory.

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