Despite the wide availability and usage of Gatan’s DigitalMicrograph software in the electron microscopy community for image recording and analysis, nonlinear least-squares fitting in DigitalMicrograph is less straig...Despite the wide availability and usage of Gatan’s DigitalMicrograph software in the electron microscopy community for image recording and analysis, nonlinear least-squares fitting in DigitalMicrograph is less straightforward. This work presents a ready-to-use tool, the DMPFIT software package, written in DigitalMicrograph script and C++ language, for nonlinear least-squares fitting of the intensity distribution of atomic columns in atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images with a general two-dimensional (2D) Gaussian model. Applications of the DMPFIT software are demonstrated both in atomic-resolution conventional coherent TEM (CTEM) images recorded by the negative spherical aberration imaging technique and in high angle annular dark field (HAADF) scanning TEM (STEM) images. The implemented peak-finding algorithm based on the periodicity of 2D lattices enables reliable and convenient atomic-scale metrology as well as intuitive presentation of the resolved atomic structures.展开更多
A semi-empirical detector response function (DRF) model of Si (PIN) detector is proposed to fit element Kα and Kβ X-ray spectra, which is based on statistical distribution analytic (SDA) method. The model for ...A semi-empirical detector response function (DRF) model of Si (PIN) detector is proposed to fit element Kα and Kβ X-ray spectra, which is based on statistical distribution analytic (SDA) method. The model for each single peak contains a step function, a Gaussian function and an exponential tail function. Parameters in the model are obtained by weighted nonlinear least-squares fitting method. In the application, six kinds of elements' characteristic X-ray spectra are obtained by Si (PIN) detector, and fitted out by the established DRF model. Reduced chi-square values are at the interval of 1.11-1.25. Other applications of the method are also discussed.展开更多
基金Financial support from the German Research Foundation(SFB917)is acknowledgedOpen Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
文摘Despite the wide availability and usage of Gatan’s DigitalMicrograph software in the electron microscopy community for image recording and analysis, nonlinear least-squares fitting in DigitalMicrograph is less straightforward. This work presents a ready-to-use tool, the DMPFIT software package, written in DigitalMicrograph script and C++ language, for nonlinear least-squares fitting of the intensity distribution of atomic columns in atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images with a general two-dimensional (2D) Gaussian model. Applications of the DMPFIT software are demonstrated both in atomic-resolution conventional coherent TEM (CTEM) images recorded by the negative spherical aberration imaging technique and in high angle annular dark field (HAADF) scanning TEM (STEM) images. The implemented peak-finding algorithm based on the periodicity of 2D lattices enables reliable and convenient atomic-scale metrology as well as intuitive presentation of the resolved atomic structures.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(40974065, 41025015)Scientific and Technological Innovative Team in Sichuan Province(2011JTD0013)"863" Program of China(2012AA063501)
文摘A semi-empirical detector response function (DRF) model of Si (PIN) detector is proposed to fit element Kα and Kβ X-ray spectra, which is based on statistical distribution analytic (SDA) method. The model for each single peak contains a step function, a Gaussian function and an exponential tail function. Parameters in the model are obtained by weighted nonlinear least-squares fitting method. In the application, six kinds of elements' characteristic X-ray spectra are obtained by Si (PIN) detector, and fitted out by the established DRF model. Reduced chi-square values are at the interval of 1.11-1.25. Other applications of the method are also discussed.