Deflection of an electron beam with a 1.8-MeV energy incident at glancing angles on a dielectric surface

The first results of investigations into the effect of self-deviation of an electron beam with intermediate energy by a dielectric surface, previously discovered by the authors for the interaction of electrons with a glass surface, are presented in the paper. It is shown that optimizing the deflection process and choosing a dielectric target, angles of beam deflection of the order of 5–8° can be obtained and stabilized during subsequent irradiation of the target, which is especially important for applications of this effect to electron-beam optics.