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ArticleIUCrJ2017

Coherent amplification of X-ray scattering from meso-structures.

Julien R Lhermitte, Aaron Stein, Cheng Tian, Yugang Zhang, Lutz Wiegart, Andrei Fluerasu, Oleg Gang, Kevin G Yager

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Article in IUCrJ, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Julien R LhermitteCenter for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-975X
Aaron SteinCenter for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Cheng TianCenter for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Yugang ZhangNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Lutz WiegartNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Andrei FluerasuNational Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Oleg GangCenter for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.
Kevin G YagerCenter for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, NY 11973, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) often includes an unwanted background, which increases the required measurement time to resolve the sample structure. This is undesirable in all experiments, and may make measurement of dynamic or radiation-sensitive samples impossible. Here, we demonstrate a new technique, applicable when the scattering signal is background-dominated, which reduces the requisite exposure time. Our method consists of exploiting coherent interference between a sample with a designed strongly scattering 'amplifier'. A modified angular correlation function is used to extract the symmetry of the interference term; that is, the scattering arising from the interference between the amplifier and the sample. This enables reconstruction of the sample's symmetry, despite the sample scattering itself being well below the intensity of background scattering. Thus, coherent amplification is used to generate a strong scattering term (well above background), from which sample scattering is inferred. We validate this method using lithographically defined test samples.

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coherent amplificationmeso-structuressmall-angle X-ray scattering

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PMID28989716
PMCPMC5619852

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