Magic angle (EELS)

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This article is about the magic angle as defined in the field of electron energy-loss spectroscopy. For the magic angle as defined in the field of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy see magic angle.

The magic angle is a particular value of the collection-angle of an electron microscope at which the measured energy-loss spectrum "magically" becomes independent of the tilt-angle of the sample with respect to the beam direction. The magic angle is obviously not uniquely defined for isotropic samples, but the definition is unique in the (typical) case of small angle scattering on materials with a "c-axis" such as graphite.

The "magic" angle depends on both the incoming electron energy (which is typically fixed) and on the energy-loss suffered by the electron. The ratio of the magic-angle θ_M to the characteristic-angle θ_E is roughly independent of the energy-loss and more interestingly is roughly independent of the particular type of sample considered.

Mathematical definition

In the non-relativistic case the "magic" angle is defined by the equality of two different functions (denoted below by A and C) of the collection-angle α:

and

where β is the speed of the incoming electron divided by the speed of light (N.B., the symbol β is also often used in the older literature to denote the collection-angle instead of α).

Of course, the above integrals may easily be evaluated in terms of elementary functions, but they are presented as above because in the above-form it is easier to see that the former integral is due to momentum-transfers which are perpindicular to the beam-direction whereas the latter is due to momentum-transfers parallel to the beam-direction.

Using the above definition it is then found that

References

• Daniels H, et al. (2003). "Experimental and theoretical evidence for the magic angle in transmission electron energy loss spectroscopy". Ultramicroscopy 96: 523-534.

• Schattschneider P, et al. (2005). "Anisotropic relativistic cross-sections for inelastic electron scattering, and the magic angle". Phys. Rev. B 72: 045142.

• Jouffrey B, et al. (2004). "The Magic Angle: a solved mystery". Ultramiscoscopy 102: 61-66.

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