<\/a>area.<\/p>\n\n\n\nToday’s state of the art XPS systems focus a small electron beam onto an aluminum target in conjunction with a mono-chromator to excite a very small area on the sample. Rather than exciting a very large area, today’s XPS systems excite a very small area. Down to just a few microns which make it possible to image the sample and analyze surface defects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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