High-Resolution X-Ray Lensless Imaging by Differential Holographic Encoding

Diling Zhu, Manuel Guizar-Sicairos, Benny Wu, Andreas Scherz, Yves Acremann, Tolek Tyliszczak, Peter Fischer, Nina Friedenberger, Katharina Ollefs, Michael Farle, James R. Fienup, and Joachim Stöhr
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 043901 – Published 20 July 2010

Abstract

We demonstrate in the soft x-ray regime a novel technique for high-resolution lensless imaging based on differential holographic encoding. We have achieved superior resolution over x-ray Fourier transform holography while maintaining the signal-to-noise ratio and algorithmic simplicity. We obtain a resolution of 16 nm by synthesizing images in the Fourier domain from a single diffraction pattern, which allows resolution improvement beyond the reference fabrication limit. Direct comparisons with iterative phase retrieval and images from state-of-the-art zone-plate microscopes are presented.

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  • Received 25 February 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.043901

©2010 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Diling Zhu1,2,*, Manuel Guizar-Sicairos3, Benny Wu1,2, Andreas Scherz2, Yves Acremann4,†, Tolek Tyliszczak5, Peter Fischer6, Nina Friedenberger7, Katharina Ollefs7, Michael Farle7, James R. Fienup3, and Joachim Stöhr8

  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
  • 2Stanford Institute for Material and Energy Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • 3The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
  • 4PULSE Center for Energy Science, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • 5Chemical Sciences Division, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
  • 6Center for X-ray Optics, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
  • 7Department of Physics and Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CeNIDE), Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
  • 8Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA

  • *Present address: Laboratorium f. Festkörperphysik, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Corresponding author. dlzhu@stanford.edu

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Vol. 105, Iss. 4 — 23 July 2010

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