Three-dimensional electron microscopy simulation with the CASINO Monte Carlo software
Hendrix Demers
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandre Réal Couture
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorDany Joly
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMarc Guilmain
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNiels de Jonge
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Dominique Drouin
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1Search for more papers by this authorHendrix Demers
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNicolas Poirier-Demers
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorAlexandre Réal Couture
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorDany Joly
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorMarc Guilmain
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Search for more papers by this authorNiels de Jonge
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Dominique Drouin
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Monte Carlo softwares are widely used to understand the capabilities of electron microscopes. To study more realistic applications with complex samples, 3D Monte Carlo softwares are needed. In this article, the development of the 3D version of CASINO is presented. The software feature a graphical user interface, an efficient (in relation to simulation time and memory use) 3D simulation model, accurate physic models for electron microscopy applications, and it is available freely to the scientific community at this website: www.gel.usherbrooke.ca/casino/index.html. It can be used to model backscattered, secondary, and transmitted electron signals as well as absorbed energy. The software features like scan points and shot noise allow the simulation and study of realistic experimental conditions. This software has an improved energy range for scanning electron microscopy and scanning transmission electron microscopy applications. SCANNING 33:135–146, 2011. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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