title: Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy with a fast framing pixel detector.
abstract: Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) is a powerful imaging technique, in which a small X-ray probe is raster scanned across a specimen. Complete knowledge of the complex-valued transmission function of the specimen can be gained using detection schemes whose every-day use, however, is often hindered by the need of specialized configured detectors or by slow or noisy readout of area detectors. We report on sub-50 nm-resolution STXM studies in the hard X-ray regime using the PILATUS, a fully pixelated fast framing detector operated in single-photon counting mode. We demonstrate a range of imaging modes, including phase contrast and dark-field imaging.
authors.affiliation: Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland. andreas.menzel@psi.ch
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authors.lastname: Menzel
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