Fast and Reliable Probabilistic Reflectometry Inversion with Prior-Amortized Neural Posterior Estimation

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Main Authors: Starostin, Vladimir, Dax, Maximilian, Gerlach, Alexander, Hinderhofer, Alexander, Tejero-Cantero, Álvaro, Schreiber, Frank
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author Starostin, Vladimir
Dax, Maximilian
Gerlach, Alexander
Hinderhofer, Alexander
Tejero-Cantero, Álvaro
Schreiber, Frank
author_facet Starostin, Vladimir
Dax, Maximilian
Gerlach, Alexander
Hinderhofer, Alexander
Tejero-Cantero, Álvaro
Schreiber, Frank
contents Reconstructing the structure of thin films and multilayers from measurements of scattered X-rays or neutrons is key to progress in physics, chemistry, and biology. However, finding all structures compatible with reflectometry data is computationally prohibitive for standard algorithms, which typically results in unreliable analysis with only a single potential solution identified. We address this lack of reliability with a probabilistic deep learning method that identifies all realistic structures in seconds, setting new standards in reflectometry. Our method, Prior-Amortized Neural Posterior Estimation (PANPE), combines simulation-based inference with novel adaptive priors that inform the inference network about known structural properties and controllable experimental conditions. PANPE networks support key scenarios such as high-throughput sample characterization, real-time monitoring of evolving structures, or the co-refinement of several experimental data sets, and can be adapted to provide fast, reliable, and flexible inference across many other inverse problems.
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spellingShingle Fast and Reliable Probabilistic Reflectometry Inversion with Prior-Amortized Neural Posterior Estimation
Starostin, Vladimir
Dax, Maximilian
Gerlach, Alexander
Hinderhofer, Alexander
Tejero-Cantero, Álvaro
Schreiber, Frank
Applied Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Machine Learning
Reconstructing the structure of thin films and multilayers from measurements of scattered X-rays or neutrons is key to progress in physics, chemistry, and biology. However, finding all structures compatible with reflectometry data is computationally prohibitive for standard algorithms, which typically results in unreliable analysis with only a single potential solution identified. We address this lack of reliability with a probabilistic deep learning method that identifies all realistic structures in seconds, setting new standards in reflectometry. Our method, Prior-Amortized Neural Posterior Estimation (PANPE), combines simulation-based inference with novel adaptive priors that inform the inference network about known structural properties and controllable experimental conditions. PANPE networks support key scenarios such as high-throughput sample characterization, real-time monitoring of evolving structures, or the co-refinement of several experimental data sets, and can be adapted to provide fast, reliable, and flexible inference across many other inverse problems.
title Fast and Reliable Probabilistic Reflectometry Inversion with Prior-Amortized Neural Posterior Estimation
topic Applied Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.18648