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most citedPtyRAD: A High-performance and Flexible Ptychographic Reconstruction Framework with Automatic Differentiation

14 citations · 24 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2026

Parallax Depth Sectioning and 3D Reconstruction in 4D-STEM

Desheng Ma, Chia-Hao Lee, Zixiao Shi +2

Three-dimensional (3D) information is encoded in four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) through parallax between the virtual images formed at each det…

cs.LG2026

Scalable Bayesian Optimization of Composite Functions for Image-Based Inverse Problems in Materials Characterization

Dasol Yoon, Poompol Buathong, Chia-Hao Lee +3

Estimating physical parameters from scientific images is a common inverse problem in materials characterization that often relies on expensive physics-based simulations. In electro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Three-dimensional imaging of oxygen dopant distribution in SrCuO by electron ptychography

Hongbin Yang, Jinkwon Kim, Desheng Ma +3

Oxygen dopants play a critical role in tuning the properties of cuprate superconductors, yet it is challenging to visualize them at the atomic scale. Here, we use multislice electr…

physics.optics2025

Using Aberrations to Improve Dose-Efficient Tilt-corrected 4D-STEM Imaging

Desheng Ma, David A Muller, Steven E Zeltmann

Tilt-corrected imaging methods in four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) have recently emerged as a new class of direct ptychography methods that are…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Detective quantum efficiency based comparison of HRTEM and ptychography phase imaging

Felix Bennemann, Angus I. Kirkland, David A. Muller +1

High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) is an important method for imaging beam sensitive materials often under cryo conditions. Electron ptychography in the scann…

eess.IV2025

Improving Multislice Electron Ptychography with a Generative Prior

Christian K. Belardi, Chia-Hao Lee, Yingheng Wang +4

Multislice electron ptychography (MEP) is an inverse imaging technique that computationally reconstructs the highest-resolution images of atomic crystal structures from diffraction…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 8 cited

3D Atomic-Scale Metrology of Strain Relaxation and Roughness in Gate-All-Around (GAA) Transistors via Electron Ptychography

Shake Karapetyan, Steven E. Zeltmann, Glen Wilk +3

To improve transistor density and electronic performance, next-generation semiconductor devices are adopting three-dimensional architectures and feature sizes down to the few-nm re…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Information in 4D-STEM: Where it is, and How to Use it

Desheng Ma, Guanxing Li, David A Muller +1

Contrast transfer mechanisms for electron scattering have been extensively studied in transmission electron microscopy. Here we revisit H. Rose's generalized contrast formalism fro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 14 cited

PtyRAD: A High-performance and Flexible Ptychographic Reconstruction Framework with Automatic Differentiation

Chia-Hao Lee, Steven E. Zeltmann, Dasol Yoon +2

Electron ptychography has recently achieved unprecedented resolution, offering valuable insights across diverse material systems, including in three dimensions. However, high-quali…

physics.ins-det2025

Emittance Minimization for Aberration Correction II: Physics-informed Bayesian Optimization of an Electron Microscope

Desheng Ma, Steven E. Zeltmann, Chenyu Zhang +6

Aberration-corrected Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) has become an essential tool in understanding materials at the atomic scale. However, tuning the aberration co…

physics.ins-det2024

Emittance Minimization for Aberration Correction I: Aberration correction of an electron microscope without knowing the aberration coefficients

Desheng Ma, Steven E. Zeltmann, Chenyu Zhang +6

Precise alignment of the electron beam is critical for successful application of scanning transmission electron microscopes (STEM) to understanding materials at atomic level. Despi…