Improvement of the accuracy of phase observation by modification of phase-shifting electron holography

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-25

  Suzuki, Takahiro ^a   Aizawa, Shinji ^a   Tanigaki, Toshiaki ^a   Ota, Keishin ^b   Matsuda, Tsuyoshi ^c   Tonomura, Akira ^a,d,e  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b Microphase Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron holography; Phase reconstruction; Phase shifting

Indexed keywords

MEAN INTENSITY; PHASE OBSERVATIONS; PHASE RECONSTRUCTION; PHASE-SHIFTING; TIME VARIATIONS;

ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAMS;

PHASE SHIFT;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HOLOGRAPHY; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHASE SHIFTING ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; HOLOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VACUUM;

EID: 84862306313     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: 18792723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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