Data Collection Settings – Parameters & Variables

 

Typical Times and Experimental Variables to make Survey Spectra, Chemical State Spectra, Auger Signal Spectra, Valence Band Spectra and Others

 



Data Collection Settings – to make Survey Spectra
(
Wide Scan, Low Energy Resolution, High Counts)

 

 

 



Data Collection Settings – to make Chemical State Spectra
(Narrow Scan, High Energy Resolution)

 

 

 



 

Data Collection Settings – to make Auger Signal Spectra 

 

 

 

 

 



 

How do XPS Instruments actually measure XPS Spectra?

 

 



 

Magnetic lens
AR-XPS data
Sample thickness limit
Time studies
Degradation studies
Detection limits
S/N
S/BG
CW Laser irradiation During analysis
XPS of Excited States
Before analysis
Spatial resolution
X-ray beam size