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MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS
卷 28, 期 3, 页码 611-621出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927622000289
关键词
integrated differential phase contrast (IDPC); C-3-corrected STEM; CIC3-corrected STEM
资金
- German Research Foundation (DFG) [456681676]
This study evaluates the potential of integrated differential phase contrast (IDPC) imaging for thick samples. By varying the focus and using a multi-sector detector, the anisotropy of the contrast transfer function (CTF) can be eliminated, resulting in improved image contrast and resolution.
The integrated differential phase contrast (IDPC) method is useful for generating the potential map of a thin sample. We evaluate theoretically the potential of IDPC imaging for thick samples by varying the focus at different sample thicknesses. Our calculations show that high defocus values result in enhanced anisotropy of the contrast transfer function (CTF) and uninterpretable images, if a quadrant detector is applied. We further show that applying a multi-sector detector can result in an almost isotropic CTF. By sector number-dependent calculations for both C-c/C-3-corrected and C-3-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), we show that the increase of detector sectors not only removes the anisotropy of the CTF, but also improves image contrast and resolution. For a proof-of-principle IDPC-STEM (uncorrected) experiment, we realize the functionality of a 12-sector detector from a physical quadrant detector and demonstrate the improvement in contrast and resolution on the example of InGaN/GaN quantum well structure.
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