News › ZEISS • enhan­ces its Field Emis­sion SEMs for Hig­hest Demands in Sub-nano­me­ter Ima­ging, Ana­ly­tics and Sam­ple Flexibility

ZEISS pres­ents three new models of field emis­sion scan­ning elec­tron micro­sco­pes and new ZEISS Gemini 3 column

ZEISS pres­ents a new gene­ra­tion of its field emis­sion scan­ning elec­tron micro­scope (FESEM) family ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM. The new models ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM 360, 460 and 560 are tail­o­red for sub-nano­me­ter ima­ging and effort­less ana­ly­tics. Users bene­fit from inno­va­tions in the elec­tron optics and a new cham­ber design offe­ring bet­ter image qua­lity, usa­bi­lity and fle­xi­bi­lity. ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM 560 now being intro­du­ced brings the ZEISS Gemini 3 column to the mar­ket for the first time.

The new ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM family deli­vers more infor­ma­tion from any sam­ple, mini­mi­zes sam­ple damage and pre­vents sam­ple arti­facts. All three models come with a com­ple­tely new cham­ber design which allows rese­ar­chers to bring in lar­ger and more samples than before enab­ling core faci­li­ties to now serve many more ana­ly­ti­cal appli­ca­ti­ons in a sin­gle instru­ment. The uni­que designs for the ZEISS Gemini elec­tron opti­cal column and a large, fle­xi­ble new cham­ber cover all ima­ging and ana­ly­ti­cal needs. The lar­ger cham­ber enables con­fi­gu­ra­bi­lity and fle­xi­bi­lity to adapt to upco­ming rese­arch tasks and opti­mi­zes ana­ly­ti­cal workflows.

New Elec­tron Opti­cal Column and Smart Autopilot

ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM 560 sets a new stan­dard for sur­face ima­ging. Intro­du­cing the new ZEISS Gemini 3 elec­tron optics with Nano-twin lens and its new elec­tron opti­cal engine Smart Auto­pi­lot, it is cus­to­mi­zed for ease-of-use when ima­ging the most sen­si­tive samples at the hig­hest reso­lu­ti­ons. In the ZEISS Gemi­ni­SEM family, the model 560 deli­vers the hig­hest reso­lu­tion at all working con­di­ti­ons and pushes the limits of immersion and mono­chro­ma­tion-free-sur­face ima­ging at landing ener­gies below 1 kV.

The new opti­cal engine com­bi­ned with new auto­func­tions and the paten­ted auto­fo­cus signi­fi­cantly enhance the per­for­mance and effi­ci­ency of the sys­tem. In a core faci­lity even novice users can achieve the best pos­si­ble results wit­hout the sup­port of the chief tech­ni­cian or faci­lity manager.

More effi­ci­ency and ease-of-use in ima­ging and analytics

„This pro­duct launch rede­fi­nes high end FESEM ima­ging, advan­cing the evo­lu­tion of the indus­try lea­ding Gemini optics and puts the capa­bi­lity in the cus­to­mers’ hands to enable sci­en­ti­fic breakth­roughs”, comm­ents Dr. Michael Albiez, Head of ZEISS Rese­arch Micro­scopy Solutions.

The sys­tem enables the effort­less tran­si­tion from stan­dard set­tings to advan­ced set­tings. A new over­view mode sim­pli­fies ori­en­ta­tion on the sam­ple. Users can easily navi­gate from low to high magni­fi­ca­tion wit­hout having to adjust the column ali­gnment. The sys­tem enables the lar­gest dis­tor­tion-free field of view in its class. This allows ima­ging of large, chal­len­ging samples such as magne­tic spe­ci­mens in mate­ri­als rese­arch. The impro­ved auto­func­tions are curr­ently the fas­test in the world with the auto­fo­cus deli­ve­ring a focu­sed image in less than one second.

Launch Web­i­nar: Sign in

To intro­duce the sys­tem there will be a web­i­nar for free on Decem­ber, 15 and the pro­duct can be vir­tually visi­ted at the digi­tal Mate­ri­als Rese­arch Society Fall Mee­ting. Ever­y­body can join the launch pre­sen­ta­tion via internet.

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About ZEISS

ZEISS is an inter­na­tio­nally lea­ding tech­no­logy enter­prise ope­ra­ting in the fields of optics and opto­elec­tro­nics. In the pre­vious fis­cal year, the ZEISS Group gene­ra­ted annual reve­nue tota­ling more than 6.4 bil­lion euros in its four seg­ments Semi­con­duc­tor Manu­fac­tu­ring Tech­no­logy, Indus­trial Qua­lity & Rese­arch, Medi­cal Tech­no­logy and Con­su­mer Mar­kets (sta­tus: 30 Sep­tem­ber 2019).

For its cus­to­mers, ZEISS deve­lops, pro­du­ces and dis­tri­bu­tes highly inno­va­tive solu­ti­ons for indus­trial metro­logy and qua­lity assu­rance, micro­scopy solu­ti­ons for the life sci­en­ces and mate­ri­als rese­arch, and medi­cal tech­no­logy solu­ti­ons for dia­gno­stics and tre­at­ment in oph­thal­mo­logy and micro­sur­gery. The name ZEISS is also syn­ony­mous with the world’s lea­ding litho­gra­phy optics, which are used by the chip indus­try to manu­fac­ture semi­con­duc­tor com­pon­ents. There is glo­bal demand for trend­set­ting ZEISS brand pro­ducts such as eye­glass len­ses, camera len­ses and binoculars.

With a port­fo­lio ali­gned with future growth areas like digi­ta­liza­tion, health­care and Smart Pro­duc­tion and a strong brand, ZEISS is sha­ping the future of tech­no­logy and con­stantly advan­cing the world of optics and rela­ted fields with its solu­ti­ons. The company’s signi­fi­cant, sus­tainable invest­ments in rese­arch and deve­lo­p­ment lay the foun­da­tion for the suc­cess and con­tin­ued expan­sion of ZEISS‹ tech­no­logy and mar­ket leadership.

With over 31,000 employees, ZEISS is active glo­bally in almost 50 count­ries with around 60 sales and ser­vice com­pa­nies, 30 pro­duc­tion sites and 25 deve­lo­p­ment sites. Foun­ded in 1846 in Jena, the com­pany is head­quar­te­red in Ober­ko­chen, Ger­many. The Carl Zeiss Foun­da­tion, one of the lar­gest foun­da­ti­ons in Ger­many com­mit­ted to the pro­mo­tion of sci­ence, is the sole owner of the hol­ding com­pany, Carl Zeiss AG.

Fur­ther infor­ma­tion at www.zeiss.com

ZEISS Rese­arch Micro­scopy Solutions

ZEISS Rese­arch Micro­scopy Solu­ti­ons is the world’s only one-stop manu­fac­tu­rer of light, elec­tron, X‑ray and ion micro­scope sys­tems and offers solu­ti­ons for cor­re­la­tive micro­scopy. The port­fo­lio com­pri­ses of pro­ducts and ser­vices for life sci­en­ces, mate­ri­als and indus­trial rese­arch, as well as edu­ca­tion and cli­ni­cal prac­tice. The unit is head­quar­te­red in Jena. Addi­tio­nal pro­duc­tion and deve­lo­p­ment sites are loca­ted in Ober­ko­chen and Munich, as well as in Cam­bridge (UK) and Plea­san­ton (USA). ZEISS Rese­arch Micro­scopy Solu­ti­ons is part of the Indus­trial Qua­lity & Rese­arch segment.

Press Cont­act

Vyb­hav Sinha
ZEISS Rese­arch Micro­scopy Solutions
+49 3641 64–3949
moc.ssiez@ahnis.vahbyv