title: Continuous motion scan ptychography: characterization for increased speed in coherent x-ray imaging.
abstract: Ptychography is a coherent diffraction imaging (CDI) method for extended objects in which diffraction patterns are acquired sequentially from overlapping coherent illumination spots. The object's complex transmission function can be reconstructed from those diffraction patterns at a spatial resolution limited only by the scattering strength of the object and the detector geometry. Most experiments to date have positioned the illumination spots on the sample using a move-settle-measure sequence in which the move and settle steps can take longer to complete than the measure step. We describe here the use of a continuous "fly-scan" mode for ptychographic data collection in which the sample is moved continuously, so that the experiment resembles one of integrating the diffraction patterns from multiple probe positions. This allows one to use multiple probe mode reconstruction methods to obtain an image of the object and also of the illumination function. We show in simulations, and in x-ray imaging experiments, some of the characteristics of fly-scan ptychography, including a factor of 25 reduction in the data acquisition time. This approach will become increasingly important as brighter x-ray sources are developed, such as diffraction limited storage rings.
authors.forename: Junjing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Youssef S G
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Nashed
authors.forename: Si
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Nicholas W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peterka
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vogt
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Vine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D009038:Motion; D014965:X-Rays
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