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Science 18 November 1994:
Vol. 266. no. 5188, pp. 1213 - 1215
DOI: 10.1126/science.266.5188.1213

Articles

Ultrahigh-Resolution X-ray Tomography

W. S. Haddad 1, I. McNulty 2, J. E. Trebes 1, E. H. Anderson 3, R. A. Levesque 1, and L. Yang 2

1 University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA
2 Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
3 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA

Ultrahigh-resolution three-dimensional images of a microscopic test object were made with soft x-rays collected with a scanning transmission x-ray microscope. The test object consisted of two different patterns of gold bars on silicon nitride windows that were separated by sim5 micrometers. Depth resolution comparable to the transverse resolution was achieved by recording nine two-dimensional images of the object at angles between –50 and +55 degrees with respect to the beam axis. The projections were then combined tomographically to form a three-dimensional image by means of an algorithm using an algebraic reconstruction technique. A transverse resolution of sim1000 angstroms was observed. Artifacts in the reconstruction limited the overall depth resolution to sim6000 angstroms; however, some features were clearly reconstructed with a depth resolution of sim1000 angstroms.

Submitted on May 20, 1994
Accepted on September 20, 1994


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