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Title: Structural sensitivity of x-ray Bragg projection ptychography to domain patterns in epitaxial thin films

Abstract

Bragg projection ptychography (BPP) is a coherent diffraction imaging technique capable of mapping the spatial distribution of the Bragg structure factor in nanostructured thin films. Here, we show that, because these images are projections, the structural sensitivity of the resulting images depends on the film thickness and the aspect ratio and orientation of the features of interest and that image interpretation depends on these factors. Lastly, we model changes in contrast in the BPP reconstructions of simulated PbTiO3 ferroelectric thin films with meandering 180° stripe domains as a function of film thickness, discuss their origin, and comment on the implication of these factors on the design of BPP experiments of general nanostructured films.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [1]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  3. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1340002
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1328513
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; FG02-04ER46147
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Hruszkewycz, S. O., Zhang, Q., Holt, M. V., Highland, M. J., Evans, P. G., and Fuoss, P. H. Structural sensitivity of x-ray Bragg projection ptychography to domain patterns in epitaxial thin films. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043803.
Hruszkewycz, S. O., Zhang, Q., Holt, M. V., Highland, M. J., Evans, P. G., & Fuoss, P. H. Structural sensitivity of x-ray Bragg projection ptychography to domain patterns in epitaxial thin films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043803
Hruszkewycz, S. O., Zhang, Q., Holt, M. V., Highland, M. J., Evans, P. G., and Fuoss, P. H. 2016. "Structural sensitivity of x-ray Bragg projection ptychography to domain patterns in epitaxial thin films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043803. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1340002.
@article{osti_1340002,
title = {Structural sensitivity of x-ray Bragg projection ptychography to domain patterns in epitaxial thin films},
author = {Hruszkewycz, S. O. and Zhang, Q. and Holt, M. V. and Highland, M. J. and Evans, P. G. and Fuoss, P. H.},
abstractNote = {Bragg projection ptychography (BPP) is a coherent diffraction imaging technique capable of mapping the spatial distribution of the Bragg structure factor in nanostructured thin films. Here, we show that, because these images are projections, the structural sensitivity of the resulting images depends on the film thickness and the aspect ratio and orientation of the features of interest and that image interpretation depends on these factors. Lastly, we model changes in contrast in the BPP reconstructions of simulated PbTiO3 ferroelectric thin films with meandering 180° stripe domains as a function of film thickness, discuss their origin, and comment on the implication of these factors on the design of BPP experiments of general nanostructured films.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevA.94.043803},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1340002}, journal = {Physical Review A},
issn = {2469-9926},
number = 4,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Oct 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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