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Runqing Yang. Portrait.

Runqing Yang

Doctoral student

Runqing Yang. Portrait.

X-Ray Multibeam Ptychography at up to 20 keV : Nano-Lithography Enhances X-Ray Nano-Imaging

Author

  • Tang Li
  • Maik Kahnt
  • Thomas L. Sheppard
  • Runqing Yang
  • Ken V. Falch
  • Roman Zvagelsky
  • Pablo Villanueva-Perez
  • Martin Wegener
  • Mikhail Lyubomirskiy

Summary, in English

Hard X-rays are needed for non-destructive nano-imaging of solid matter. Synchrotron radiation facilities (SRF) provide the highest-quality images with single-digit nm resolution using advanced techniques such as X-ray ptychography. However, the resolution or field of view is ultimately constrained by the available coherent flux. To address this, the beam's incoherent fraction can be exploited using multiple parallel beams in an X-ray multibeam ptychography (MBP) approach. This expands the domain of X-ray ptychography to larger samples or more rapid measurements. Both qualities favor the study of complex composite or functional samples, such as catalysts, energy materials, or electronic devices. The challenge of performing ptychography at high energy and with many parallel beams must be overcome to extract the full advantages for extended samples while minimizing beam attenuation. Here, that challenge is overcome by creating a lens array using cutting-edge laser printing technology and applying it to perform scanning with MBP with up to 12 beams and at photon energies of 13 and 20 keV. This exceeds the measurement limits of conventional hard X-ray ptychography without compromising image quality for various samples: Siemens star test pattern, Ni/Al2O3 catalyst, microchip, and gold nano-crystal clusters.

Department/s

  • MAX IV, NanoMAX
  • NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience
  • LU Profile Area: Light and Materials
  • Synchrotron Radiation Research
  • LTH Profile Area: Photon Science and Technology
  • LTH Profile Area: Nanoscience and Semiconductor Technology

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Publication/Series

Advanced Science

Volume

11

Issue

30

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Topic

  • Subatomic Physics

Keywords

  • lens-less imaging
  • microscopy
  • nano-lithography
  • ptychography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2198-3844