2008/03/11 by Kouichi Hayashi, Naohisa Happo, Shinya Hosokawa +4
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques #Agricultural and Biological Research #Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena #Food and Agricultural Sciences #Natural Products and Applications #Topological Materials and Phenomena
paper · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/24/9/093201
openalex publication_date 2008/03/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/09
X-ray fluorescence holography (XFH) is a method of atomic resolution holography which utilizes fluorescing atoms as a wave source or a monitor of the interference field within a crystal sample. It provides three-dimensional atomic images around a specified element and has a range of up to a few nm in real space. Because of this feature, XFH is expected to be used for medium-range local structural analysis, which cannot be performed by x-ray diffraction or x-ray absorption fine structure analysis. In this article, we explain the theory of XFH including solutions to the twin-image problem, an advanced measuring system, and data processing for the reconstruction of atomic images. Then, we briefly introduce our recent applications of this technique to the analysis of local lattice distortions in mixed crystals and nanometer-size clusters appearing in the low-temperature phase of a shape-memory alloy.