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Coherent Diffractive Imaging with Diffractive Optics

Jakob Soltau1,*, Markus Osterhoff1,2, and Tim Salditt1,2,†

  • 1Institut für Röntgenphysik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Göttingen 37077, Germany
  • 2Campus-Institut Data Science, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, Göttingen 37077, Germany

  • *jakob.soltau@uni-goettingen.de
  • †tsaldit@gwdg.de
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 223901 – Published 31 May, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.223901

Abstract

We present a novel approach to x-ray microscopy based on a multilayer zone plate which is positioned behind a sample similar to an objective lens. However, unlike transmission x-ray microscopy, we do not content ourselves with a sharp intensity image; instead, we incorporate the multilayer zone plate transfer function directly in an iterative phase retrieval scheme to exploit the large diffraction angles of the small layers. The presence of multiple diffraction orders, which is conventionally a nuisance, now comes as an advantage for the reconstruction and photon efficiency. In a first experiment, we achieve sub-10-nm resolution and a quantitative phase contrast.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 223901– Published 31 May, 2022
  • Received 10 December 2021
  • Revised 14 March 2022
  • Accepted 15 April 2022
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