Quantitative analysis of surface atom positions in a thick crystal as determined by a reconstructed exit wave.
Atomic structures of an Au (110) 2 x 1 reconstructed surface were analysed quantitatively using an exit wave reconstructed by the three-dimensional Fourier filtering method in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy. To reconstruct the exit wave in a relatively thick crystal, a practical criterion was proposed in the present analysis. In the 'pseudo-exit wave' obtained by the proposed criterion, relaxation of surface atoms was clearly visible in the top three layers. The atoms' displacement was measured to be about 5-20 pm. For quantitative analysis of the atom column positions, image contrast calculations were performed using a structural model of the Au (110) reconstructed surface. Calculations confirmed that the reconstructed pseudo-exit wave could represent the atom column positions directly with an accuracy of several pm, even for a relaxed surface, provided the sample thickness was <7 nm.
Department of Material and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. kawasaki@ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Tadahiro
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Kawasaki
Masaki
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Taya
Yoshizo
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Takai