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Single-shot, coherent, pop-out 3D metrology

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Deepan Balakrishnan
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See Wee Chee
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Zhaslan Baraissov
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Michel Bosman
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Utkur Mirsaidov
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N. Duane Loh *
DOI:10.1038/s42005-023-01431-6delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Three-dimensional (3D) imaging of thin, extended specimens at nanometer resolution is critical for applications in biology, materials science, advanced synthesis, and manufacturing. One route to 3D imaging is tomography, which requires a tilt series of a local region. However, capturing images at higher tilt angles is infeasible for such thin, extended specimens. Here, we explore a suitable alternative to reconstruct the 3D volume using a single, energy-filtered, bright-field coherent image. We show that when our specimen is homogeneous and amorphous, simultaneously inferring local depth and thickness for 3D imaging is possible in the near-field limit. We demonstrated this technique with a transmission electron microscope to fill a glaring gap for rapid, accessible 3D nanometrology. This technique is applicable, in general, to any coherent bright field imaging with electrons, photons, or any other wavelike particles. The authors experimentally demonstrate with a transmission electron microscope that single-shot 3D imaging is possible in the near-field limit, by simultaneously inferring local depth and thickness. The proposed reconstruction method uses priors from the homogenously amorphous specimen, and it can be extended for imaging multi-layered samples.
Keywords:
HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY
ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY
CONTRAST TRANSFER
RESOLUTION
DEFOCUS
MOTION

Journal

Communications Physics cover
Communications Physics
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5.8
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2.7K
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9.2K

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National University of Singapore
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7.4W
Papers: 6.4W
Citations: 11.4W