Implementation of Gold deconvolution for enhanced energy resolution in EEL spectra

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Wachtmeister, Staffan ^a   Csillag, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EELS; Gold deconvolution; Hexagonal boron nitride; Resolution improvement

Indexed keywords

EELS; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE; INSTRUMENT RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE DECONVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; LOSS PEAKS; LOW LOSS; LOW-LOSS SPECTRA; NOISE AMPLIFICATION; NUMBER OF ITERATIONS; PLURAL SCATTERING; RESOLUTION IMPROVEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BORON; DECONVOLUTION; NITRIDES;

GOLD;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD DECONVOLUTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; UNCERTAINTY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BORON COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 78349274618     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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