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Improving Signal-to-Noise Limits in High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

J.M. Gibson
Affiliation:
At&t Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
M.L. McDonald
Affiliation:
At&t Bell Laboratories, 600 Mountain Avenue, Murray Hill, NJ 07974
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Abstract

Signal-to-noise ratios for Si <110> lattice images are measured for a variety of different specimen preparation techniques, including ion-milling, chemical polishing, cleavage and in-situ surface cleaning by heating. The noise levels are significantly lower in the latter, possibly permitting new classes of experiments in image quantitation and impurity imaging.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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