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@INPROCEEDINGS{Simson:827198,
author = {Simson, Martin and Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal and Hartmann,
Robert and Huth, Martin and Ihle, Sebastian and Jones, Lewys
and Kondo, Yukihito and Migunov, Vadim and Nellist, Peter D.
and Ritz, Robert and Ryll, Henning and Sagawa, Ryusuke and
Schmidt, Julia and Soltau, Heike and Strüder, Lothar and
Yang, Hao},
title = {{E}xtending the {L}imits of {F}ast {A}cquisition in {TEM}
{T}omography and 4{D}-{STEM}},
address = {Weinheim, Germany},
publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH $\&$ Co. KGaA},
reportid = {FZJ-2017-01396},
pages = {51 - 52},
year = {2016},
comment = {European Microscopy Congress 2016: Proceedings},
booktitle = {European Microscopy Congress 2016:
Proceedings},
abstract = {Both transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning
transmission electron microscopy (STEM) experiments profit
from recording two-dimensional camera images at very high
readout speeds. This includes, but is not limited to,
tomography in TEM and ptychography in STEM. The pnCCD (S)TEM
camera uses a direct detecting, radiation hard pnCCD with a
minimum readout speed of 1 000 full frames per second (fps)
with a size of 264x264 pixels [1]. It features binning and
windowing modes, which allow to further increase the frame
rate substantially. For example, 4-fold binning in one
direction, i.e. 66x264 pixels, yields a readout speed of 4
000 fps. Up to 20 000 fps are possible in windowing modes.
Further applications that benefit from the high readout
speed range from imaging on the micro- and millisecond
timescale to strain analysis or electric and magnetic field
mapping.Typical tomographic reconstructions use tilt series
of fewer than 100 images which are recorded in 15 to 60
minutes with conventional cameras running at speeds below 40
fps. The series are recorded by stepwise rotation of the
goniometer and taking a camera image after each rotation
step. These long acquisition times restrict the acquisition
of tomographic series for beam sensitive samples. We have
recorded a tilt series containing 3 487 images of an
inorganic nanotube in only 3.5 s with the pnCCD camera [2].
Due to the high readout speed it was possible to rotate the
goniometer continuously over a tilt range of −70 ° to +30
° in an FEI Titan 60–300, operated at 60 keV beam energy.
The short acquisition time and the high sensitivity of the
camera allowed to reduce the cumulative electron dose to
about 8 electrons per Å2, i.e. about an order of magnitude
lower than conventionally used for low dose tomography. A 3D
reconstruction of the nanowire is shown in Figure 1. The
acquisition time was not limited by the readout of the
camera, but rather by the rotation speed of the
goniometer.Combining the high readout speed with the
scanning mode makes 4D-STEM imaging feasible, a powerful
imaging technique where a two-dimensional image is recorded
for each probe position of a two-dimensional STEM
diffraction pattern. With the pnCCD (S)TEM camera, a 4D data
cube consisting of 256x256 (i.e. 65 536) probe positions
with a 132x264 pixel detector image (using 2-fold binning)
for each probe position can be recorded in about 35 s.
Several measurements have been performed to prove the
capability of the camera for 4D-STEM imaging, including
strain analysis, magnetic domain mapping and electron
ptychography. The latter is a 4D-STEM technique that was
described theoretically already in 1993 [3] but was so far
limited experimentally by the low readout speed of existing
cameras. In electron ptychography, the intensity
distribution in the bright field disk is recorded in 2D for
each STEM probe position. In an electron wave-optical
approach the phase and amplitude information is extracted
from the recorded intensity images. The reconstructed phase
image (Figure 2a) shows enhanced image contrast compared to
the simultaneously acquired conventional annular dark field
image (Figure 2b). Measurements with the pnCCD (S)TEM camera
were carried out using a JEOL ARM200-CF to investigate
different samples with the ptychographic phase
reconstruction technique.In conclusion, the pnCCD camera
enables new techniques in TEM and STEM. Various fields of
application benefit from recording two-dimensional detector
images at high speeds. With its direct detection, high
readout speed and radiation hardness the pnCCD (S)TEM camera
permits the recording of tomographic tilt series and large
4D-STEM data cubes in short times and thus paves the way for
new science.},
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.EMC2016.5295},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/827198},
}