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Enabling atomic resolution in convergent beam EMCD measurements by the use of patterned apertures

Materials Science 2020-07-01 v1

Abstract

We give an experimental demonstration of two types of recently proposed ventilator apertures which can be used to acquire electron magnetic circular dichroic (EMCD) signals in zone axis orientation with high spatial resolution. To simplify the experimental procedures, we propose a third type of aperture and experimentally demonstrate the use of this modified ventilator aperture for the case of multiple symmetries in the diffraction patterns. To show the feasibility of the atomic resolution EMCD, EMCD signals are acquired for a range of beam convergence angles. High quality EMCD signals with convergence angles corresponding to atomic resolution electron probes are obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1908.11755,
  title  = {Enabling atomic resolution in convergent beam EMCD measurements by the use of patterned apertures},
  author = {Hasan Ali and Devendra Negi and Tobias Warnatz and Björgvin Hjörvarsson and Jan Rusz and Klaus Leifer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.11755},
  year   = {2020}
}

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10 pages including 5 figures and 1 table