field ion microscope
Electronics
noun
An electron microscope that works on the same principle as the field emission microscope but using ions produced at the surface of the emitter or in a surrounding gas, rather than electrons.
- Invented by E. W. Müller, who also invented the earlier field emission microscope and the later atom probe..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Scientific Abstracts. After German Feldionenmikroskop.