Semi-transparent central stop in high-resolution X-ray ptychography using Kirkpatrick–Baez focusing
- University of Göttingen, Institute for X-ray Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen (Germany)
A semi-transparent central stop has been used for ptychographic coherent diffractive imaging to increase the effective dynamic range in the recording of the far-field diffraction patterns. In this way, the high flux density provided by nano-focusing Kirkpatrick–Baez mirrors can be fully exploited for high resolution and quantitative phase reconstructions. A ptychographic coherent X-ray diffractive imaging (PCDI) experiment has been carried out using 7.9 keV X-rays and Kirkpatrick–Baez focusing mirrors. By introducing a semi-transparent central stop in front of the detector the dynamic range on the detector is increased by about four orders of magnitude. The feasibility of this experimental scheme is demonstrated for PCDI applications with a resolution below 10 nm. The results are compared with reference data and an increase of resolution by a factor of two is obtained, while the deviation of the reconstructed phase map from the reference is below 1%.
- OSTI ID:
- 22347676
- Journal Information:
- Acta Crystallographica. Section A, Foundations of Crystallography, Vol. 69, Issue Pt 5; Other Information: PMCID: PMC3744854; PUBLISHER-ID: mq5015; OAI: oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3744854; Copyright (c) R. N. Wilke et al. 2013; This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0108-7673
- Country of Publication:
- Denmark
- Language:
- English
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