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Correcting angular distortions in Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging

Chen, Huaiyu LU ; Dzhigaev, Dmitry LU orcid ; Björling, Alexander LU ; Westermeier, Fabian ; Lyubomirskiy, Mikhail ; Stuckelberger, Michael and Wallentin, Jesper LU (2024) In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31(Pt 5). p.1308-1316
Abstract

Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (BCDI) has emerged as a powerful technique for strain imaging and morphology reconstruction of nanometre-scale crystals. However, BCDI often suffers from angular distortions that appear during data acquisition, caused by radiation pressure, heating or imperfect scanning stages. This limits the applicability of BCDI, in particular for small crystals and high-flux X-ray beams. Here, we present a pre-processing algorithm that recovers the 3D datasets from the BCDI dataset measured under the impact of large angular distortions. We systematically investigate the performance of this method for different levels of distortion and find that the algorithm recovers the correct angles for distortions up to... (More)

Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging (BCDI) has emerged as a powerful technique for strain imaging and morphology reconstruction of nanometre-scale crystals. However, BCDI often suffers from angular distortions that appear during data acquisition, caused by radiation pressure, heating or imperfect scanning stages. This limits the applicability of BCDI, in particular for small crystals and high-flux X-ray beams. Here, we present a pre-processing algorithm that recovers the 3D datasets from the BCDI dataset measured under the impact of large angular distortions. We systematically investigate the performance of this method for different levels of distortion and find that the algorithm recovers the correct angles for distortions up to 16.4× (1640%) the angular step size dθ = 0.004°. We also show that the angles in a continuous scan can be recovered with high accuracy. As expected, the correction provides marked improvements in the subsequent phase retrieval.

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angular corrections, angular distortions, angular uncertainty, BCDI, Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging, nanoscale particles, phase-retrieved objects
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Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
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31
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Pt 5
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9 pages
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International Union of Crystallography
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  • pmid:39116009
  • scopus:85203133766
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0909-0495
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10.1107/S1600577524006507
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English
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Publisher Copyright: © 2024 International Union of Crystallography. All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Chen, Huaiyu and Dzhigaev, Dmitry and Björling, Alexander and Westermeier, Fabian and Lyubomirskiy, Mikhail and Stuckelberger, Michael and Wallentin, Jesper}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{09}},
  number       = {{Pt 5}},
  pages        = {{1308--1316}},
  publisher    = {{International Union of Crystallography}},
  series       = {{Journal of Synchrotron Radiation}},
  title        = {{Correcting angular distortions in Bragg coherent X-ray diffraction imaging}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600577524006507}},
  doi          = {{10.1107/S1600577524006507}},
  volume       = {{31}},
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