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Ultramicroscopy. 2015 May;152:57-62. doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.01.003. Epub 2015 Feb 03.

Aberration corrected Lorentz scanning transmission electron microscopy.

Ultramicroscopy

S McVitie, D McGrouther, S McFadzean, D A MacLaren, K J O'Shea, M J Benitez

Affiliations

  1. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

PMID: 25677688 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2015.01.003

Abstract

We present results from an aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscope which has been customised for high resolution quantitative Lorentz microscopy with the sample located in a magnetic field free or low field environment. We discuss the innovations in microscope instrumentation and additional hardware that underpin the imaging improvements in resolution and detection with a focus on developments in differential phase contrast microscopy. Examples from materials possessing nanometre scale variations in magnetisation illustrate the potential for aberration corrected Lorentz imaging as a tool to further our understanding of magnetism on this lengthscale.

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Keywords: Aberration correction; Differential phase contrast; Lorentz microscopy; Magnetic thin films

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