Deep Learning of Structural Morphology Imaged by Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy

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Main Authors: Luo, Aileen, Zhou, Tao, Holt, Martin V., Singer, Andrej, Cherukara, Mathew J.
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Published: 2024
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author Luo, Aileen
Zhou, Tao
Holt, Martin V.
Singer, Andrej
Cherukara, Mathew J.
author_facet Luo, Aileen
Zhou, Tao
Holt, Martin V.
Singer, Andrej
Cherukara, Mathew J.
contents Scanning X-ray nanodiffraction microscopy is a powerful technique for spatially resolving nanoscale structural morphologies by diffraction contrast. One of the critical challenges in experimental nanodiffraction data analysis is posed by the convergence angle of nanoscale focusing optics which creates simultaneous dependency of the far-field scattering data on three independent components of the local strain tensor - corresponding to dilation and two potential rigid body rotations of the unit cell. All three components are in principle resolvable through a spatially mapped sample tilt series however traditional data analysis is computationally expensive and prone to artifacts. In this study, we implement NanobeamNN, a convolutional neural network specifically tailored to the analysis of scanning probe X-ray microscopy data. NanobeamNN learns lattice strain and rotation angles from simulated diffraction of a focused X-ray nanobeam by an epitaxial thin film and can directly make reasonable predictions on experimental data without the need for additional fine-tuning. We demonstrate that this approach represents a significant advancement in computational speed over conventional methods, as well as a potential improvement in accuracy over the current standard.
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spellingShingle Deep Learning of Structural Morphology Imaged by Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy
Luo, Aileen
Zhou, Tao
Holt, Martin V.
Singer, Andrej
Cherukara, Mathew J.
Applied Physics
Computational Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Instrumentation and Detectors
Scanning X-ray nanodiffraction microscopy is a powerful technique for spatially resolving nanoscale structural morphologies by diffraction contrast. One of the critical challenges in experimental nanodiffraction data analysis is posed by the convergence angle of nanoscale focusing optics which creates simultaneous dependency of the far-field scattering data on three independent components of the local strain tensor - corresponding to dilation and two potential rigid body rotations of the unit cell. All three components are in principle resolvable through a spatially mapped sample tilt series however traditional data analysis is computationally expensive and prone to artifacts. In this study, we implement NanobeamNN, a convolutional neural network specifically tailored to the analysis of scanning probe X-ray microscopy data. NanobeamNN learns lattice strain and rotation angles from simulated diffraction of a focused X-ray nanobeam by an epitaxial thin film and can directly make reasonable predictions on experimental data without the need for additional fine-tuning. We demonstrate that this approach represents a significant advancement in computational speed over conventional methods, as well as a potential improvement in accuracy over the current standard.
title Deep Learning of Structural Morphology Imaged by Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy
topic Applied Physics
Computational Physics
Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability
Instrumentation and Detectors
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.07761