期刊
ULTRAMICROSCOPY
卷 176, 期 -, 页码 233-245出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2017.03.029
关键词
DPC; STEM; Micro-diffraction; Mean inner potential; Fresnel fringes
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资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) via the research training school [GRK 1896]
- Cluster of Excellence [EXC 315]
We present a correlative micro-diffraction and differential phase contrast (DPC) study within scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) on the determination of mean inner potential (MIP) and explain the origin of subtle beam-specimen interactions at the edge of wedge-shaped crystals using both experiment and simulation. Our measurement of MIP of Si and GaAs resulted in 12.48 +/- 0.22 V and 14.15 +/- 0.22 V, respectively, from directly evaluating beam refraction in micro-diffraction mode. DPC-STEM measurements gave very similar values. Fresnel fringes within the diffraction disk resulting from interaction of the highly coherent electron beam with the aperture are observed and a numerical simulation scheme is implemented to reproduce the effect of the specimen on the fringe pattern. Perfect agreement between experiment and simulation has been achieved in terms of subtle displacements of the fringes upon approaching the sample edge with the electron probe. The existence of the fringes has minor effect on the DPC-STEM signal, which is well below the noise level of our setup at practically reasonable acquisition times. We suggest the possibility to perform pseudo-contactless probing of weak potential differences in beam sensitive samples by evaluating the subtle displacements of Fresnel fringes quantitatively. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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