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@INPROCEEDINGS{Ritz:827197,
author = {Ritz, Robert and Huth, Martin and Ihle, Sebastian and
Simson, Martin and Soltau, Heike and Migunov, Vadim and
Duchamp, Martial and Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal and Ryll,
Henning and Strüder, Lothar},
title = {{I}maging of {E}lectric {F}ields with the pn{CCD}
({S}){TEM} {C}amera},
address = {Weinheim, Germany},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH $\&$ Co. KGaA},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-01395},
pages = {376 - 377},
year = {2016},
comment = {European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings},
booktitle = {European Microscopy Congress 2016:
Proceedings},
abstract = {The imaging of electric fields on the nanometer scale is of
great interest for modern materials research. Techniques
providing a fast, direct and precise measurement of local
fields are thus useful for materials science applications.
We present microscopic measurements of electric fields with
the 4D-STEM technique using the pnCCD (S)TEM camera. In
4D-STEM, a 2D camera image is recorded for each probe
position of a 2D scan area, yielding a 4D dataset. With this
technique, small shifts of the bright field disc (BFD) due
to a deflection of the electron beam through electric and
magnetic fields in the sample region can be detected. Hence,
the magnitude and direction of the local field at each probe
position can be determined. Given the large number of
necessary probe positions, this technique requires a fast
camera system providing short enough readout times so that
instabilities in the microscope and sample drift or
radiation damage do not deteriorate the final STEM image.
Furthermore, a pixelated detector is required to record and
account for the intensity distribution variations caused by
interaction of the electron beam with the sample.The pnCCD
(S)TEM camera allows fast acquisition of 2D camera images
with a direct detecting, radiation hard pnCCD with 264×264
pixels [1]. Routinely, the readout speed is 1000 frames per
second (fps) and can be further increased through binning
and windowing. For example, with the pnCCD (S)TEM camera a
256x256 STEM image – where a camera image is recorded at
each probe position – can be recorded in less than 70 s.
The 264x264 pixel camera image allows precise determination
of the BFD position, yielding information about electric and
magnetic fields in the sample. For data analysis, image
subsets can be selected freely to obtain virtual diffraction
images or perform differential phase contrast (DPC)
analysis. A major advantage over conventional segmented DPC
detectors is that, with the pnCCD (S)TEM camera, movements
of the BFD can be discriminated from intensity variations
inside the BFD which is of particular importance for
analysis of electromagnetic fields inside specimens. Further
4D-STEM applications benefitting from the pnCCD (S)TEM
camera include imaging on the micro- and millisecond
timescale [2], strain analysis [3], magnetic domain mapping
[1], and electron ptychography [4].A demonstration of
electric field mapping in vacuum with the pnCCD (S)TEM
camera is shown in Figure 1. A voltage of 50 V was applied
to a tungsten needle mounted in an FEI Titan G2 80-200
ChemiSTEM microscope, operated at 80 keV. For each of the
256x256 probe positions, a 2D camera image was recorded
(Fig. 1a). From these camera images an incoherent bright
field STEM image (Fig. 1b, background) as well as the
position in the x- and y-directions of the BFD at each probe
position was calculated. A comparison of the position of the
BFD with and without an applied voltage yields information
about the magnitude and direction of the local gradient of
the projected electrostatic potential (Fig. 1b, indicated by
coloring and arrows). In addition to this direct mapping of
the electric field around a needle with rather well-shaped
BFDs, the large number of pixels of the pnCCD (S)TEM camera
allows the precise determination of the BFD position, even
in cases when the BFD is weak and deformed through the
interaction of the electron beam with the sample (Fig.
1c).In conclusion, 4D-STEM techniques like electromagnetic
field mapping benefit significantly from the capabilities of
the pnCCD (S)TEM camera. The readout speeds of 1000 fps and
above allow the fast acquisition of 4D datasets with 2D
camera images at each probe position. Through the large
number of pixels, position and intensity variations of BFDs
can be precisely determined.},
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.EMC2016.6328},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/827197},
}