Automatable sample fabrication process for pump-probe X-ray holographic imaging

作者:Buettner Felix; Schneider Michael; Guenther Christian M; Vaz C A F; Laegel Bert; Berger Dirk; Selve Soeren; Klaeui Mathias; Eisebitt Stefan
来源:Optics Express, 2013, 21(25): 30563-30572.
DOI:10.1364/OE.21.030563

摘要

Soft X-ray holography is a recently developed imaging technique with sub-50 nm spatial resolution. Key advantages of this technique are magnetic and elemental sensitivity, compatibility with imaging at free electron laser facilities, and immunity to in-situ sample excitations and sample drift, which enables the reliable detection of relative changes between two images with a precision of a few nanometers. In X-ray holography, the main part of the experimental setup is integrated in the sample, which consequently requires a large number of fabrication steps. Here we present a generic design and an automatable fabrication process for samples suitable, and optimized for, efficient high resolution X-ray holographic dynamic imaging. The high efficiency of the design facilitates the acquisition of magnetic images in a few minutes and makes fully automatic image reconstruction possible.

  • 出版日期2013-12-16