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Title: Fly-scan ptychography

Journal Article · · Scientific Reports
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep09074· OSTI ID:1201502
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States); Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronensynchrotron, Hamburg (Germany)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology; Research Complex at Harwell, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom)

We report an experimental ptychography measurement performed in fly-scan mode. With a visible-light laser source, we demonstrate a 5-fold reduction of data acquisition time. By including multiple mutually incoherent modes into the incident illumination, high quality images were successfully reconstructed from blurry diffraction patterns. Thus, this approach significantly increases the throughput of ptychography, especially for three-dimensional applications and the visualization of dynamic systems.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-98CH10886; AC02-06CH11357; AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1201502
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1222219; OSTI ID: 1222644
Journal Information:
Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Issue 1; ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 60 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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