Implications of gnomonic distortion on electron backscatter diffraction and transmission Kikuchi diffraction

Chris M. Fancher, Matthew J. Burch, Srikanth Patala, Elizabeth C. Dickey

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Abstract

The effect of gnomonic distortion on orientation indexing of electron backscatter diffraction patterns is explored through simulation of electron diffraction patterns for sample-to-detector geometries associated with transmission Kikuchi diffraction (TKD) and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). Simulated data were analysed by computing a similarity index for both Hough transformed data and simulated patterns to determine the sensitivity of each method for detecting subtle differences in the effect of gnomonic distortions on electron diffraction patterns. These results indicate that the increased gnomonic distortions in electron diffraction patterns for a TKD geometry enhance the sensitivity for detecting subtle differences in interband angles. Additionally, the utilisation of a Hough transform-based indexing approach further enhances the sensitivity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85-94
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Microscopy
Volume285
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2022

Funding

Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT‐Battelle, LLC, under Contract No. DE‐AC0500OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a non‐exclusive, paid‐up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for the US government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan ( http://energy.gov/downloads/doe‐public‐access‐plan) . This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under contract number DE‐AC05‐00OR22725. This material is based upon the National Science Foundation work as part of the Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics under Grant Nos. IIP‐1361571 and IIP‐1361503 and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for M.J. Burch under Grant No. DGE‐0946818. Any opinion, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Keywords

  • EBSD
  • TKD
  • gnomonic distortions

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