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Title: Phase retrieval by coherent modulation imaging

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13367· OSTI ID:1342637
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
  1. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom); Southern Univ. of Science and Technology, Shenzhen (China)
  2. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom); Tongji Univ., Shanghai (China)
  3. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom)
  4. Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland). Swiss Light Source
  5. Univ. College London, London (United Kingdom). London Centre for Nanotechnology; Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Didcot (United Kingdom); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.

Phase retrieval is a long-standing problem in imaging when only the intensity of the wavefield can be recorded. Coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) is a lensless technique that uses iterative algorithms to recover amplitude and phase contrast images from diffraction intensity data. For general samples, phase retrieval from a single diffraction pattern has been an algorithmic and experimental challenge. Here we report a method of phase retrieval that uses a known modulation of the sample exit-wave. This coherent modulation imaging (CMI) method removes inherent ambiguities of CDI and uses a reliable, rapidly converging iterative algorithm involving three planes. It works for extended samples, does not require tight support for convergence, and relaxes dynamic range requirements on the detector. CMI provides a robust method for imaging in materials and biological science, while its single-shot capability will benefit the investigation of dynamical processes with pulsed sources, such as X-ray free electron laser.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1342637
Report Number(s):
BNL-113431-2017-JA; R&D Project: PO011; KC0201060
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 92 works
Citation information provided by
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