A quantum mechanical scheme to reduce radiation damage in electron microscopy
Quantum Physics
2015-07-01 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
We show that radiation damage to unstained biological specimens is not an intractable problem in electron microscopy. When a structural hypothesis of a specimen is available, quantum mechanical principles allow us to verify the hypothesis with a very low electron dose. Realization of such a concept requires precise control of the electron wave front. Based on a diffractive electron optical implementation, we demonstrate the feasibility of this new method by both experimental and numerical investigations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1506.07215,
title = {A quantum mechanical scheme to reduce radiation damage in electron microscopy},
author = {Hiroshi Okamoto and Tatiana Latychevskaia and Hans-Werner Fink},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.07215},
year = {2015}
}
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8 pages, 3 figures