Imaging energy filters in photoelectron microscopes and momentum microscopes
employ spherical fields with deflection angles of 90{\deg}, 180{\deg} and even
2 x 180{\deg}. These instruments are optimized for high energy resolution, yet
they come along with image aberrations when they are operated in high
transmission mode with medium energy resolution. Here we present a new approach
for bandpass-filtered imaging in real or reciprocal space, using an asymmetric
electrostatic dodecapole. This multipole enables energy-dispersive beam
deflection and correction of image aberrations up to the 3rd order. Owing to a
deflection angle of only 4{\deg}, the total beam displacement in the filter is
just ~10 mm. Hence, the entire instrument is compact and just requires a
straight vacuum tube. The multipole is framed by transfer lenses in the
entrance and exit branch. Two sets of 16 entrance and exit apertures with
different sizes on piezomotor-driven holders allow selecting the desired
resolution. The combination of apertures and dodecapole acts as a bandpass
pre-selector in a high-energy time-of-flight momentum microscope at the hard
X-ray beamline P22 at PETRA-III (DESY, Hamburg). At pass energies between 400
and 600 eV it transmits electrons with kinetic energies in the range of 20-40
eV and thus effectively eliminates unwanted intensity from higher-energy
electrons in the ToF analyzer. At low pass energies, the instrument allows
energy-filtered imaging without subsequent ToF analysis. In a laboratory
experiment the 4{\deg} prototype reached < 500 meV resolution, which is
sufficient for fast survey studies in the X-ray range.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures, 26 reference