Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Winkelmann, Aimo, Cios, Grzegorz, Perzyński, Konrad, Tokarski, Tomasz, Mehnert, Klaus, Madej, Łukasz, Bała, Piotr
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11628
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866915154463031296
author Winkelmann, Aimo
Cios, Grzegorz
Perzyński, Konrad
Tokarski, Tomasz
Mehnert, Klaus
Madej, Łukasz
Bała, Piotr
author_facet Winkelmann, Aimo
Cios, Grzegorz
Perzyński, Konrad
Tokarski, Tomasz
Mehnert, Klaus
Madej, Łukasz
Bała, Piotr
contents We summarize a data analysis approach for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) which uses high-resolution Kikuchi pattern simulations to measure isochoric relative deformation gradient tensors from experimentally measured Kikuchi patterns of relatively low resolution. Simulation-based supersampling of the theoretical test diffraction patterns enables a significant precision improvement of tensor parameters obtained in best-fit determinations of strains and orientations from low-resolution experimental patterns. As an application, we demonstrate high-resolution orientation and strain analysis for the model case of hardness test indents on a Si(100) wafer, using Kikuchi patterns of variable resolution. The approach shows noise levels near $1 \times 10^{-4}$ in the relative deviatoric strain norm and in the relative rotation angles on nominally strain-free regions of the silicon wafer. The strain and rotation measurements are interpreted by finite element simulations. While confirming the basic findings of previously published studies, the present approach enables a potential reduction in the necessary pattern data size by about two orders of magnitude. We estimate that pattern resolutions in the order of $256\times256$ pixels should be enough to solve a majority of EBSD analysis tasks using pattern matching techniques.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2502_11628
institution arXiv
publishDate 2025
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Simulation-based Super-Resolution EBSD for Measurements of Relative Deformation Gradient Tensors
Winkelmann, Aimo
Cios, Grzegorz
Perzyński, Konrad
Tokarski, Tomasz
Mehnert, Klaus
Madej, Łukasz
Bała, Piotr
Materials Science
We summarize a data analysis approach for electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) which uses high-resolution Kikuchi pattern simulations to measure isochoric relative deformation gradient tensors from experimentally measured Kikuchi patterns of relatively low resolution. Simulation-based supersampling of the theoretical test diffraction patterns enables a significant precision improvement of tensor parameters obtained in best-fit determinations of strains and orientations from low-resolution experimental patterns. As an application, we demonstrate high-resolution orientation and strain analysis for the model case of hardness test indents on a Si(100) wafer, using Kikuchi patterns of variable resolution. The approach shows noise levels near $1 \times 10^{-4}$ in the relative deviatoric strain norm and in the relative rotation angles on nominally strain-free regions of the silicon wafer. The strain and rotation measurements are interpreted by finite element simulations. While confirming the basic findings of previously published studies, the present approach enables a potential reduction in the necessary pattern data size by about two orders of magnitude. We estimate that pattern resolutions in the order of $256\times256$ pixels should be enough to solve a majority of EBSD analysis tasks using pattern matching techniques.
title Simulation-based Super-Resolution EBSD for Measurements of Relative Deformation Gradient Tensors
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.11628