A Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Data from a Single Sample Orientation
Abstract
Increasing interest in three-dimensional nanostructures adds impetus to electron microscopy techniques capable of imaging at or below the nanoscale in three dimensions. In this work, we present a reconstruction algorithm that takes as input a focal series of four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) data. We apply the approach to a lead iridate, Pb2Ir2O7, and yttrium-stabilized zirconia, Y0.095Zr0.905O2, heterostructure from data acquired with the specimen in a single plan-view orientation, with the epitaxial layers stacked along the beam direction. We demonstrate that Pb-Ir atomic columns are visible in the uppermost layers of the reconstructed volume. We compare this approach to the alternative techniques of depth sectioning using differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy (DPC-STEM) and multislice ptychographic reconstruction.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Australian Research Council; German Research Foundation (DFG)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1914336
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- OSTI ID: 1894632
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- Contract number DE-AC02-05CH11231; AC02-05CH11231; FA9550-18-1-0480; FT190100619; 414984028 - SFB 1404
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Microscopy and Microanalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Microscopy and Microanalysis Journal Volume: 28 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1431-9276
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Scanning transmission electron microscopy; Image reconstruction; Ptychography; Differential phase contrast
Citation Formats
Brown, Hamish G., Pelz, Philipp M., Hsu, Shang-Lin, Zhang, Zimeng, Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, Inzani, Katherine, Sheridan, Evan, Griffin, Sinéad M., Schloz, Marcel, Pekin, Thomas C., Koch, Christoph T., Findlay, Scott D., Allen, Leslie J., Scott, Mary C., Ophus, Colin, and Ciston, Jim. A Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Data from a Single Sample Orientation. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1017/S1431927622012090.
Brown, Hamish G., Pelz, Philipp M., Hsu, Shang-Lin, Zhang, Zimeng, Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, Inzani, Katherine, Sheridan, Evan, Griffin, Sinéad M., Schloz, Marcel, Pekin, Thomas C., Koch, Christoph T., Findlay, Scott D., Allen, Leslie J., Scott, Mary C., Ophus, Colin, & Ciston, Jim. A Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Data from a Single Sample Orientation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622012090
Brown, Hamish G., Pelz, Philipp M., Hsu, Shang-Lin, Zhang, Zimeng, Ramesh, Ramamoorthy, Inzani, Katherine, Sheridan, Evan, Griffin, Sinéad M., Schloz, Marcel, Pekin, Thomas C., Koch, Christoph T., Findlay, Scott D., Allen, Leslie J., Scott, Mary C., Ophus, Colin, and Ciston, Jim. Sat .
"A Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Data from a Single Sample Orientation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622012090.
@article{osti_1914336,
title = {A Three-Dimensional Reconstruction Algorithm for Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Data from a Single Sample Orientation},
author = {Brown, Hamish G. and Pelz, Philipp M. and Hsu, Shang-Lin and Zhang, Zimeng and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy and Inzani, Katherine and Sheridan, Evan and Griffin, Sinéad M. and Schloz, Marcel and Pekin, Thomas C. and Koch, Christoph T. and Findlay, Scott D. and Allen, Leslie J. and Scott, Mary C. and Ophus, Colin and Ciston, Jim},
abstractNote = {Increasing interest in three-dimensional nanostructures adds impetus to electron microscopy techniques capable of imaging at or below the nanoscale in three dimensions. In this work, we present a reconstruction algorithm that takes as input a focal series of four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) data. We apply the approach to a lead iridate, Pb2Ir2O7, and yttrium-stabilized zirconia, Y0.095Zr0.905O2, heterostructure from data acquired with the specimen in a single plan-view orientation, with the epitaxial layers stacked along the beam direction. We demonstrate that Pb-Ir atomic columns are visible in the uppermost layers of the reconstructed volume. We compare this approach to the alternative techniques of depth sectioning using differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy (DPC-STEM) and multislice ptychographic reconstruction.},
doi = {10.1017/S1431927622012090},
journal = {Microscopy and Microanalysis},
number = 5,
volume = 28,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622012090
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