Energy Filter

requires amics 5 1 0 or newer the released version of amics is {{version}} and can be found at docid\ se8jyhxszdqfpit7s1ja0 with instruction on the docid\ e1faehd1k20uedqhptzlx page manuals for previous versions of the software can be found at the docid\ d2biwe sybowhhdww0anz page to initiate a trigger based on the presence of an x ray line (i e element) from the segment x ray spectrum, the energy filter option can be used from the segment trigger settings tab to add a new filter setting click on the "plus" button in the upper left hand corner this will open a new context menu to select the energy ranges and total counts to use to initiate this trigger to manually set an energy range, click the "read" button will create a new line item based on the information from the main visualization window the energy ranges and energy height can then be manually entered into the lower panel to aid in selecting the energy range, a reference spectra can be loaded from the current classification method to select an energy range and height from the visible spectrum, the spectrum can be manipulated by zooming and moved into the range of interest then clicking the "read" button will read in the lower and upper energy range visible in the plot the high energy height will then be set based on the total counts visible, relative to the full spectrum total counts to delete a selected filter condition, click on the red "cross" in the upper left hand corner the status column check box will either activate or deactivate the selected filter setting the min size setting will set the lower segment size required (in microns) to initiate the trigger the step size setting sets the grid size to try to create when a trigger is initiated the ac time will set the per point dwell time, which will adjust the total counts collected per point video example on how to set up a energy filter trigger