Journal
ULTRAMICROSCOPY
Volume 138, Issue -, Pages 4-12Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.11.005
Keywords
Electron holography; Transmission electron microscope (TEM); Fringe contrast; Holographic visibility; Electron coherence; Coherence loss; Incoherent scattering; 2-D histogram; Composition mapping
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- National Research Council of Canada
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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Off axis electron holography is a wavefront-split interference method for the transmission electron microscope that allows the phase shift and amplitude of the electron wavefront to be separated and quantitatively measured. An additional, third component of the holographic signal is the coherence of the electron wavefront. Historically, wavefront coherence has been evaluated by measurement of the holographic fringe visibility (or contrast) based on the minimum and maximum intensity values. We present a method based on statistical moments is presented that allows allow the visibility to be measured in a deterministic and reproducible fashion suitable for quantitative analysis. We also present an algorithm, based on the Fourier-ratio method, which allows the visibility to be resolved in twodimensions, which we tel the local visibility. The local visibility may be used to evaluate the loss of coherence due to electron scattering within a specimen, or as an aid in image analysis and segmentation. The relationship between amplitude and visibility may be used to evaluate the composition and mass thickness of a specimen by means of a 2-0 histogram. Results for a selection of elements (C, Al, Si, Ti, Cr, Cu, Ge, and Au) are provided. All presented visibility metrics are biased at low-dose conditions by the presence of shot-noise, for which we provide methods for empirical normalization to achieve linear response. (C) 2013 Elsevier By. All rights reserved
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