Theory of lattice resolution in high-angle annular dark-field images

被引:55
作者
Amali, A
Rez, P
机构
[1] ARIZONA STATE UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, TEMPE, AZ 85287 USA
[2] ARIZONA STATE UNIV, CTR SOLID STATE SCI, TEMPE, AZ 85287 USA
关键词
high-angle annular dark-field; scanning transmission electron microscopy; lattice imaging;
D O I
10.1017/S1431927697970021
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The theoretical interpretation of lattice resolution in high-angle annular dark-field images produced in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) has been a subject of controversy. A first-order perturbation theoretical analysis is presented here, which shows that the contrast in the image arises from large-angle multiphonon, incoherent scattering, which is atomic number dependent. The lattice resolution is a consequence of coherently filling the objective aperture, and dynamical elastic diffraction preceding the large-angle multiphonon scattering is not a necessary requirement. Elastic scattering to the higher order Laue zone (HOLZ) is also shown to be negligible, compared with the incoherent scattering. Calculations from application of the theory are also presented. They show that lattice images formed using the high-angle annular dark-field detector are sensitive to atomic number and are relatively insensitive to defocus. Although high-angle annular dark-field lattice imaging appears to be simple, scattering into the high-angle detector can only be approximately described by an incoherent imaging model.
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