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Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) enables high-resolution surface imaging at the nanoscale, yet the output is often degraded by artifacts introduced by environmental noise, scanning imperfections, and tip-sample interactions. To address this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Juntao Zhang , Angona Biswas , Jaydeep Rade , Charchit Shukla , Juan Ren , Anwesha Sarkar , Adarsh Krishnamurthy , Aditya Balu

We present a novel method for the analysis of quantum gas microscope images, which uses deep learning to improve the fidelity with which lattice sites can be classified as occupied or unoccupied. Our method is especially suited to…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-11-11 Lewis R. B. Picard , Manfred J. Mark , Francesca Ferlaino , Rick van Bijnen

We report on image processing techniques and experimental procedures to determine the lattice-site positions of single atoms in an optical lattice with high reliability, even for limited acquisition time or optical resolution. Determining…

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is a well-known tool for studying surface roughness and to collect depth information about features on the top atomic layer of samples. By combining secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS) with focused ion beam…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-18 Lex Pillatsch , Szilvia Kalácska , Xavier Maeder , Johann Michler

Machine learning-based interatomic potentials and force fields depend critically on accurate atomic structures, yet such data are scarce due to the limited availability of experimentally resolved crystals. Although atomic-resolution…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Yaotian Yang , Yiwen Tang , Yizhe Chen , Xiao Chen , Jiangjie Qiu , Hao Xiong , Haoyu Yin , Zhiyao Luo , Yifei Zhang , Sijia Tao , Wentao Li , Qinghua Zhang , Yuqiang Li , Wanli Ouyang , Bin Zhao , Xiaonan Wang , Fei Wei

This paper develops a resolution enhancement method for post-processing the images from Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). This method is based on deep learning neural networks in the AFM topography measurements. In this study, a very deep…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2018-09-12 Y. Liu , Q. M. Sun , Dr. W. H. Lu , Dr. H. L. Wang , Y. Sun , Z. T. Wang , X. Lu , Prof. K. Y. Zeng

This study explores the application of Convolutional Autoencoders (CAEs) for analyzing and reconstructing Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) images of various crystalline lattice structures. We developed two distinct CAE architectures to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Peter Binev , Joshua Moorehead , Ayush Parambath , Luke Parrella , Rori Pumphrey , Miruna Savu

Microscopy is an essential tool in scientific research, enabling the visualization of structures at micro- and nanoscale resolutions. However, the field of microscopy often encounters limitations in field-of-view (FOV), restricting the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-17 Huanhuan Zhao , Ruben Millan-Solsona , Marti Checa , Spenser R. Brown , Jennifer L. Morrell-Falvey , Liam Collins , Arpan Biswas

Atom interferometers are sensitive to a wide range of forces by encoding their signals in interference patterns of matter waves. To estimate the magnitude of these forces, the underlying phase shifts they imprint on the atoms must be…

We present an advanced scanning probe microscopy system enhanced with artificial intelligence (AI-SPM) designed for self-driving atomic-scale measurements. This system expertly identifies and manipulates atomic positions with high…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Zhuo Diao , Keiichi Ueda , Linfeng Hou , Fengxuan Li , Hayato Yamashita , Masayuki Abe

This paper presents a systematic solution for the intelligent recognition and automatic analysis of microscopy images. We developed a data engine that generates high-quality annotated datasets through a combination of the collection of…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-27 Yanhui Hong , Nan Wang , Zhiyi Xia , Haoyi Tao , Xi Fang , Yiming Li , Jiankun Wang , Peng Jin , Xiaochen Cai , Shengyu Li , Ziqi Chen , Zezhong Zhang , Guolin Ke , Linfeng Zhang

Atomic-scale characterization of spin textures in solids is essential for understanding and tuning properties of magnetic materials and devices. While high-energy electrons are employed for atomic-scale imaging of materials, they are…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-29 Jizhe Cui , Haozhi Sha , Wenfeng Yang , Rong Yu

A novel application of machine-learning (ML) based image processing algorithms is proposed to analyze an all-sky map (ASM) obtained using the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. An attempt was made to simulate a one-year ASM from a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-02 Shogo Sato , Jun Kataoka , Soichiro Ito , Jun'ichi Kotoku , Masato Taki , Asuka Oyama , Takaya Toyoda , Yuki Nakamura , Marino Yamamoto

Nanoparticle surface structural dynamics is believed to play a significant role in regulating functionalities such as diffusion, reactivity, and catalysis but the atomic-level processes are not well understood. Atomic resolution…

While offering unprecedented resolution of atomic and electronic structure, Scanning Probe Microscopy techniques have found greater challenges in providing reliable electrostatic characterization at the same scale. In this work, we…

Optical nanoscopy is crucial in life and materials sciences, revealing subtle cellular processes and nanomaterial properties. Scattering-type Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy (s-SNOM) provides nanoscale resolution, relying on the…

Progress in functional materials discovery has been accelerated by advances in high throughput materials synthesis and by the development of high-throughput computation. However, a complementary robust and high throughput structural…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-11-30 Jiadong Dan , Xiaoxu Zhao , Shoucong Ning , Jiong Lu , Kian Ping Loh , N. Duane Loh , Stephen J. Pennycook

Relevant to broad applied fields and natural processes, interfacial ionic hydrates has been widely studied by ultrahigh-resolution atomic force microscopy (AFM). However, the complex relationship between AFM signal and the investigated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-25 Binze Tang , Yizhi Song , Mian Qin , Ye Tian , Duanyun Cao , Zhen Wei Wu , Ying Jiang , Limei Xu

With recent text-to-image models, anyone can generate deceptively realistic images with arbitrary contents, fueling the growing threat of visual disinformation. A key enabler for generating high-resolution images with low computational cost…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-28 Jonas Ricker , Denis Lukovnikov , Asja Fischer

Atom segmentation and localization, noise reduction and deblurring of atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) images with high precision and robustness is a challenging task. Although several conventional…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-23 Ruoqian Lin , Rui Zhang , Chunyang Wang , Xiao-Qing Yang , Huolin L. Xin