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@INPROCEEDINGS{DuninBorkowski:827187,
author = {Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal and Almeida, Trevor P. and Caron,
Jan and Kovács, András and Diehle, Patrick and Winkler,
Florian and Zheng, Fengshan and Tavabi, Amir H. and Migunov,
Vadim and Li, Zi-An},
title = {{L}imitations and challenges in off-axis electron
holography of electromagnetic fields in nanoscale materials},
address = {Weinheim, Germany},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH $\&$ Co. KGaA},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-01385},
pages = {677 - 678},
year = {2016},
comment = {European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings},
booktitle = {European Microscopy Congress 2016:
Proceedings},
abstract = {In contrast to most conventional transmission electron
microscopy (TEM) techniques, which only allow the spatial
distribution of image intensity to be recorded, off-axis
electron holography allows the phase shift of the electron
wave that has passed through an electron-transparent
specimen to be measured. The phase shift can, in turn, be
used to provide information about local variations in
magnetic induction and electrostatic potential within and
around the specimen. Recent developments in the technique
include the reconstruction of electrostatic potentials and
magnetic fields in three dimensions, the use of advanced
specimen holders with multiple electrical contacts to study
nanoscale working devices, improvements in the stability of
transmission electron microscopes to optimise phase
sensitivity and the development of new approaches for
improving temporal resolution using both direct electron
detectors and double exposure electron holography. We are
currently using the technique to characterize electrostatic
potentials and magnetic fields in a wide variety of
nanoparticles, nanostructures and thin films that are
subjected to electrical biases and externally applied
magnetic fields, as well as to elevated and reduced
temperatures. Figure 1 shows representative results obtained
from a study of the thermomagnetic behaviour of nanoscale
grains of magnetite during heating in situ in the TEM. The
magnetic induction maps show first a horseshoe-like magnetic
state and then magnetic phase contours that flow from the
bottom to top of the grain at higher temperature.An
important limitation of backprojection-based algorithms for
reconstructing magnetic fields in three dimensions is the
presence of artefacts resulting from incomplete tilt series
of phase images and the inability to include additional
constraints and known physical laws. Accordingly, one of our
aims is the development of a robust model-based approach
that can be used to reconstruct the three-dimensional
magnetization distribution in a specimen from phase images
recorded as a function of specimen tilt angle using off-axis
electron holography. In order to perform each
reconstruction, we generate simulated magnetic induction
maps by projecting best guesses for the three-dimensional
magnetization distribution in the specimen onto
two-dimensional Cartesian grids. Our simulations make use of
known analytical solutions for the phase shifts of simple
geometrical objects, with numerical discretization performed
in real space to avoid artefacts generated by discretization
in Fourier space, without a significant increase in
computation time (Figs 2 and 3). Our forward simulation
approach is used within an iterative model-based algorithm
to solve the inverse problem of reconstructing the
three-dimensional magnetization distribution in the specimen
from tilt series of two-dimensional phase images recorded
about two independent tilt axes. Results will be presented
from studies of magnetite nanocrystals, lithographically
patterned magnetic elements and magnetic skyrmions examined
as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field. At
the same time, we are developing a similar algorithm for the
reconstruction of three-dimensional charge density
distributions in materials. Preliminary results will be
presented from studies of charge distributions in
electrically biased needle-shaped specimens, which require
the analysis of differences between phase images recorded
using two applied voltages, in order to subtract the mean
inner potential to the phase shift.The above studies are
part of a wider program of research aimed at recording
off-axis electron holograms of nanoscale materials and
devices in the presence of multiple external stimuli.
Further examples will be presented from studies of
electrically biased resistive switching devices and
two-dimensional flakes of transition metal dichalcogenides,
whose electrical properties can be influenced strongly by
the presence of contamination and defects, as well as by
their interfaces to metal contacts. We are grateful to J.
Ungermann, M. Riese, G. Pozzi, W. Williams, A. R. Muxworthy,
M. Farle, M. Beleggia, T. F. Kelly and N. Kiselev for
valuable contributions to this work and to the European
Research Council for an Advanced Grant.},
month = {Aug},
date = {2016-08-28},
organization = {16th European Microscopy Congress (EMC
2016), Lyon (France), 28 Aug 2016 - 2
Sep 2016},
cin = {PGI-5 / ER-C-1},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-5-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)ER-C-1-20170209},
pnm = {143 - Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-143},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)8 / PUB:(DE-HGF)7},
doi = {10.1002/9783527808465.EMC2016.8663},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/827187},
}