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Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) directly probes the energy and momentum of electrons in quantum materials, but conventional setups capture only a small fraction of the full 2$\pi$ solid angle. This limitation is acute in…

While electron microscopy offers crucial atomic-resolution insights into structure-property relationships, radiation damage severely limits its use on beam-sensitive materials like proteins and 2D materials. To overcome this challenge, we…

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High-numerical-aperture (NA) oblique plane microscopy enables noninvasive fluorescence imaging of subcellular dynamics without requiring radical sample modification. However, performance degrades at depth in multicellular specimens as…

We realize a scanning probe microscope using single trapped $^{87}$Rb atoms to measure optical fields with subwavelength spatial resolution. Our microscope operates by detecting fluorescence from a single atom driven by near-resonant light…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-02 Emma Deist , Justin A. Gerber , Yue-Hui Lu , Johannes Zeiher , Dan M. Stamper-Kurn

To optimize electron energy toward in-situ imaging large bio-samples up to 10-um thickness with nanoscale resolution, we implemented an analytical model based on elastic and inelastic characteristic angles [1]. This model can be used to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Xi Yang , Victor Smaluk , Timur Shaftan

Spectroscopic photoemission microscopy is a well-established method to investigate the electronic structure of surfaces. In modern photoemission microscopes the electron optics allows imaging of the image plane, momentum plane, or…

It has been a general trend to develop low-voltage electron microscopes due to their high imaging contrast of the sample and low radiation damage. Atom-resolved transmission electron microscopes with voltages as low as 15-40 kV have been…

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This publication presents an investigation of the performance of different analytical electron ptychography methods for low-dose imaging. In particular, benchmarking is performed for two model-objects, monolayer MoS$_2$ and apoferritin, by…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-05-20 Hoelen L. Lalandec Robert , Max Leo Leidl , Knut Müller-Caspary , Jo Verbeeck

The challenge of imaging low-density objects in an electron microscope without causing beam damage is significant in modern TEM. This is especially true for life science imaging, where the sample, rather than the instrument, still…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-29 Francisco Vega Ibáñez , Jo Verbeeck

Understanding and manipulating two-dimensional materials for real-world applications remains challenging due to a lack of effective and high-throughput characterization techniques. Soft X-ray time-of-flight photoemission electron microscopy…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-22 Aashwin Mishra , Daniel Ratner , Quynh Nguyen

Spectroscopies utilizing free electron beams as probes offer detailed information on the reciprocal-space excitations of 2D materials such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers. Yet, despite the attention paid to such…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-08 Andrew W. Rossi , Marc R. Bourgeois , Caleb Walton , David J. Masiello

Electron microscopes have been improved to achieve ever smaller beam spots, a key parameter that determines the instrument's resolution. The techniques to measure the size of the beam, however, have not progressed to the same degree. There…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Matthew Zotta , Sharadh Jois , Prathamesh Dhakras , Miguel Rodriguez , Ji Ung Lee

To date, high-resolution electron microscopy has largely relied on using the phase of the exit wave function at the exit surface to form a high-resolution electron microscopic image. We have for the first time used chromatic aberration…

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Non-destructive nano-imaging of the internal structure of solid matter is only feasible using hard X-rays due to their high penetration. The highest resolution images are achieved at synchrotron radiation sources (SRF), offering superior…

Ultrafast-optical-pump -- structural-probe measurements, including ultrafast electron and x-ray scattering, provide direct experimental access to the fundamental timescales of atomic motion, and are thus foundational techniques for studying…

Recently, imaging by microspheres and dielectric particle-lenses emerged as a simple solution to obtaining super-resolution images of nanoscale devices and structures. Calibrated resolution of ~{\lambda}/6 - {\lambda}/8 has been…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-26 Zengbo Wang , Boris Luk'yanchuk

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is pivotal in revealing intricate micro- and nanoscale features across various research fields. However, obtaining high-resolution SEM images presents challenges, including prolonged scanning durations and…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Tom Reclik , Setareh Medghalchi , Philipp Schumacher , Maximilian Wollenweber , Talal Al-Samman , Sandra Korte-Kerzel , Ulrich Kerzel

Electron microscopy prevalently uses energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) for elemental analysis. EDS and EELS energy resolutions are commonly between 30-100 eV or 0.01-1 eV, respectively.…

We report resolution enhancement in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images using a generative adversarial network. We demonstrate the veracity of this deep learning-based super-resolution technique by inferring unresolved features in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Kevin de Haan , Zachary S. Ballard , Yair Rivenson , Yichen Wu , Aydogan Ozcan

In cold atomic systems, fast and high-resolution microscopy of individual atoms is crucial, since it can provide direct information on the dynamics and correlations of the system. Here, we demonstrate nanosecond-scale two-dimensional…