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The use of focused ion beams (FIB) in the field of electron microscopy for the preparation of site specific samples and for imaging has become very common. Site specific sample preparation of cross-section samples is probably the most common use of the focused ion beam tools, although there are uses for imaging with secondary electrons produced by the ion beam. These tools are generally referred to as FIB tools, but this name covers a large range of actual tools. There are single beam FIB tools which consist of the FIB column on a chamber and also the FIB/SEM platforms that include both a FIB column for sample preparation and an SEM column for observing the sample during preparation and for analyzing the sample post-preparation using all of the imaging modalities and analytical tools available on a standard SEM column. A vast majority of the FIB tools presently in use are equipped with liquid metal ion sources (LMIS) and the most common ion species used is Ga. Recent developments have produced plasma sources for high current ion beams. The gas field ion source (GFIS) is discussed in module 31 on helium ion microscopy in this book.
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Goldstein, J.I., Newbury, D.E., Michael, J.R., Ritchie, N.W.M., Scott, J.H.J., Joy, D.C. (2018). Focused Ion Beam Applications in the SEM Laboratory. In: Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6676-9_30
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