Patent ID: 7005652

Claim:
A sample-stage for a scanning electron microscope, comprising: a) a U-shaped base, horizontally oriented, having a right side, a top side, a bottom side, and a front side; b) a bottom member, having a top surface, where the top surface of said bottom member abuts the bottom side of said U-shaped base, said bottom member forming an interior cavity within said U-shaped base; c) a support member, having a left surface, a right surface, a front surface, a bottom, and a top, where the bottom of the support member abuts the top side of said U-shaped base farthest from the right side of said U-shaped base, where the front surface of said support member nearest the bottom of said support member extends further than the front surface of said support member nearest the top of said support member so that the right surface of said support member is at a user-definable angle as compared to the left surface of the support member; d) a first reflector abutting the right side and within the interior cavity of said U-shaped base, where the first reflector is a user-definable atomic number material; e) a second reflector abutting the top surface of the bottom member within the interior cavity of said U-shaped base, where the first reflector is a user-definable atomic number material; and f) a beam stop, abutting a portion of the right side of said U-shaped base.