X-ray tomographic imaging of crystal structure at the atomic level

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Jan 27;96(3):035502. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.035502. Epub 2006 Jan 24.

Abstract

A direct nondiffractive tomographic algorithm is proposed for the determination of the crystal structure from real-space projections obtained by illuminating the sample with white x rays. This approach was applied to the pattern of the directional fine structure in absorption of white x rays recorded for a GaP crystal and allowed for a determination of the electron density distribution within the unit cell.