The invention relates to a scanning apparatus for scanning information in an information carrier comprising a plurality of layers for storing data on a material capable of generating an excited radiation when interacting with an exciting beam produced by an exciting source. The transformer has a primary winding receiving the signal from the signal source. The support lever is supported at the housing and its movement is limited by a distance element. The individual imaging die is coupled to an interposer substrate with a portion of the IR-absorbing lamina positioned therebetween. The cartomizer comprises a liquid container which provides a liquid toward the heating element wherein the liquid is used for producing and flavoring a vapor of the electronic cigarette when the liquid is heated by the heating element, and a memory which is operable to record and store an amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid container. The neutral particle beam processing apparatus further comprises an ion extracting portion for extracting the positive ions or the negative ions and accelerating the positive ions or the negative ions in a predetermined direction, and a neutralizing chamber for neutralizing an ion beam generated by the ion extracting portion to generate a neutral particle beam.