Alpha-null defocus: An optimum defocus condition with relevance for focal-series reconstruction
Two optimum defocus conditions are used in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. Scherzer defocus produces an image of the specimen ''projected potential'' to the resolution of the microscope, and Lichte defocus minimizes dispersion. A third optimum defocus is best for focal-series reconstruction; alpha-null defocus maximizes transfer of high-frequency diffracted beam amplitudes into the microscope image. Beam transfer is confined by incident-beam convergence to a Gaussian ''packet'' of defocus values centered on the alpha-null defocus. For a diffracted beam hkl, with a spatial frequency of u, the envelope for incident beam convergence has null damping effect when defocus is set to -Cs. (wavelength.u)**2. On either side of this alpha-null defocus value, the damping effect of incident-beam convergence reduces diffracted-beam transfer. The position of alpha-null defocus for any spatial frequency depends only on the value of Cs, but defocus-packet width around the alpha-null defocus depends only on the convergence semi-angle. Under NCEM OAM (one-Angstrom microscope) conditions, a [110] diamond image with the correct 0.89A spacing appears when the Si (004) alpha-null defocus is selected. The alpha-null defocus should be included as the (furthest underfocus) limit for all high-resolution focal series reconstruction.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Basic Energy Studies. Division of Materials Sciences (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 789146
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-47532; R&D Project: 503601; TRN: AH200137%%349
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Microscopy and Microanalysis 2001 -- 59th Annual Meeting MSA -- 35th Annual Meeting MSA, Long Beach, CA (US), 08/05/2001--08/09/2001; Other Information: PBD: 14 Feb 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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