A high performance angle-resolving electron spectrometer

Abstract We report on our new versatile photoelectron spectrometer Angular Spectrometer for Photoelectrons with High Energy REsolution (ASPHERE) which is part of beamline W3.2 (photon energies from 5 to 40 eV) but also compatible with beamline BW3 (40–1500 eV) at the Hamburger Synchrotronstrahlungslabor (HASYLAB). ASPHERE is a 180° spherical analyzer ( r 0 =100 mm) with a four-element input lens and is mounted on a two-axes goniometer with computer-controlled stepper motors which enables sequential angle-scanned measurements. The input lens is equipped with an iris aperture so that the angular resolution can be continuously adjusted from 0.2° to 5°. The fringe field of the condenser has been corrected for by tilting the angle of the input lens against the base plane of the hemispheres resulting in an overall energy resolution of 10 meV. To improve the speed of data acquisition three standard channeltron detectors are installed in the image plane of the analyzer which will be replaced by a multidetection system in the near future.