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Automatable sample fabrication process for pump-probe X-ray holographic imaging
Michael SchneiderChristian M. GüntherDirk BergerBert LägelMathias KläuiFelix BüttnerSören SelveC. A. F. VazStefan Eisebittsubject
FabricationMaterials scienceImage qualityDynamic imagingHolographyComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISIONHolography02 engineering and technologyIterative reconstruction01 natural scienceslaw.inventionOpticslaw0103 physical sciencesDigital image processing010306 general physicsImage resolutionLithographybusiness.industryEquipment Design021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyAtomic and Molecular Physics and OpticsEquipment Failure AnalysisComputer-Aided DesignRadiographic Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted0210 nano-technologybusinessdescription
Soft X-ray holography is a recently developed imaging technique with sub-50 nm spatial resolution. Key advantages of this technique are magnetic and elemental sensitivity, compatibility with imaging at free electron laser facilities, and immunity to in-situ sample excitations and sample drift, which enables the reliable detection of relative changes between two images with a precision of a few nanometers. In X-ray holography, the main part of the experimental setup is integrated in the sample, which consequently requires a large number of fabrication steps. Here we present a generic design and an automatable fabrication process for samples suitable, and optimized for, efficient high resolution X-ray holographic dynamic imaging. The high efficiency of the design facilitates the acquisition of magnetic images in a few minutes and makes fully automatic image reconstruction possible.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-02-12 | Optics Express |