SAMPLE HEATING HOLDER FOR ELECTRON BEAM MICROSCOPES OR ANALYZERS, AND SAMPLE HEATING METHOD USING THE SAME

摘要

The invention provides a sample heating holder for electron beam microscopes or analyzers and a sample heating method using the holder, which can prevent stably the occurrence of contaminants on the sample surface without entailing ultrahigh vacuum evacuation or destructing the sample surface. The sample heating holder for an electron beam microscope or analyzer has excellent performance in the suppression of the growth of carbon contaminations and the occurrence of a thermal drift during observation and analysis, and includes a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistor as a heating element.