SCANNED-ANGLE X-RAY PHOTOEMISSION HOLOGRAPHY WITH ATOMIC RESOLUTION

Two-dimensional photoemission Auger-electron diffraction patterns are shown to contain an interference pattern, which can be interpreted as a hologram to determine the three-dimensional atomic structure surrounding an atom of a particular chemical species. We demonstrate this principle by holographic reconstructions of the near-neighbor atomic structure of Cu(111) and Cu(100) surfaces from their respective diffraction patterns. © 1990 The American Physical Society.