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| author | Myint, Peco Tripathi, Ashish Wojcik, Michael J. Deng, Junjing Cherukara, Mathew J. Schwarz, Nicholas Narayanan, Suresh Wang, Jin Chu, Miaoqi Jiang, Zhang |
| author_facet | Myint, Peco Tripathi, Ashish Wojcik, Michael J. Deng, Junjing Cherukara, Mathew J. Schwarz, Nicholas Narayanan, Suresh Wang, Jin Chu, Miaoqi Jiang, Zhang |
| contents | Many nano and quantum devices, with their sizes often spanning from millimeters down to sub-nanometer, have intricate low-dimensional, non-uniform, or hierarchical structures on surfaces and interfaces. Since their functionalities are dependent on these structures, high-resolution surface-sensitive characterization becomes imperative to gain a comprehensive understanding of the function-structure relationship. We thus developed hard X-ray ptychographic reflectometry imaging, a new technique that merges the high-resolution two-dimensional imaging capabilities of hard X-ray ptychography for extended objects, with the high-resolution depth profiling capabilities of X-ray reflectivity for layered structures. The synergy of these two methods fully leverages both amplitude and phase information from ptychography reconstruction to not only reveal surface topography and localized structures such as shapes and electron densities, but also yields statistical details such as interfacial roughness that is not readily accessible through coherent imaging solely. The hard X-ray ptychographic reflectometry imaging is well-suited for three-dimensional imaging of mesoscopic samples, particularly those comprising planar or layered nanostructures on opaque supports, and could also offer a high-resolution surface metrology and defect analysis on semiconductor devices such as integrated nanocircuits and lithographic photomasks for microchip fabrications. |
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| spellingShingle | Three-dimensional Hard X-ray Ptychographic Reflectometry Imaging on Extended Mesoscopic Surface Structures Myint, Peco Tripathi, Ashish Wojcik, Michael J. Deng, Junjing Cherukara, Mathew J. Schwarz, Nicholas Narayanan, Suresh Wang, Jin Chu, Miaoqi Jiang, Zhang Optics Many nano and quantum devices, with their sizes often spanning from millimeters down to sub-nanometer, have intricate low-dimensional, non-uniform, or hierarchical structures on surfaces and interfaces. Since their functionalities are dependent on these structures, high-resolution surface-sensitive characterization becomes imperative to gain a comprehensive understanding of the function-structure relationship. We thus developed hard X-ray ptychographic reflectometry imaging, a new technique that merges the high-resolution two-dimensional imaging capabilities of hard X-ray ptychography for extended objects, with the high-resolution depth profiling capabilities of X-ray reflectivity for layered structures. The synergy of these two methods fully leverages both amplitude and phase information from ptychography reconstruction to not only reveal surface topography and localized structures such as shapes and electron densities, but also yields statistical details such as interfacial roughness that is not readily accessible through coherent imaging solely. The hard X-ray ptychographic reflectometry imaging is well-suited for three-dimensional imaging of mesoscopic samples, particularly those comprising planar or layered nanostructures on opaque supports, and could also offer a high-resolution surface metrology and defect analysis on semiconductor devices such as integrated nanocircuits and lithographic photomasks for microchip fabrications. |
| title | Three-dimensional Hard X-ray Ptychographic Reflectometry Imaging on Extended Mesoscopic Surface Structures |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.06762 |