Journal of Electron Microscopy Advance Access originally published online on August 25, 2005
Journal of Electron Microscopy 2005 54(3):209-214; doi:10.1093/jmicro/dfi029
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A simple method for minimizing non-linear image contrast in spherical aberration-corrected HRTEM
EcoTopia Science Institute and Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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A simple and practical method for minimizing non-linear image contrast in spherical aberration-corrected (Cs-corrected) high-resolution transmission electron microscopy is presented. The effectiveness of the method is considered from the viewpoints of theoretical formulations and image simulations including second-order imaging effects. The method is one of the advantages of Cs-correction and applied to high-resolution images down to 0.1 nm. The dynamical diffraction effect is carefully evaluated, which shows that the phase deviation of diffracted waves from
/2 violates the present method in thicker crystals over
10 nm.
Keywords CS-corrected HRTEM, non-linear image contrast, linear contrast terms, lattice images, subtraction method, dynamical diffraction effect, phase deviation
Received 13 January 2005, accepted 22 March 2005