Measurement of the Resolution of the Timepix4 Detector for 100 keV and 200 keV Electrons for Transmission Electron Microscopy

Abstract

We have evaluated the imaging capabilities of the Timepix4 hybrid silicon pixel detector for 100 keV and 200 keV electrons in a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Using the knife-edge method, we have measured the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) at both energies. Our results show a decrease in MTF response at Nyquist (spatial) frequency, dropping from approximately 0.16 at 100 keV to 0.0046 at 200 keV. However, by using the temporal structure of the detected events, including the arrival time and amplitude provided by the Timepix4, we enhanced the spatial discrimination of electron arrival. This approach improved the MTF at Nyquist by factors of 2.12 for 100 keV and 3.16 for 200 keV. These findings demonstrate that the blurring effects caused by extended electron trajectories within the sensing layer can be partially corrected in the image data.

arXiv comment20 pages, 11 figures; submitted to NIMA; corresponding author: N. Dimova

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