The orientation-dependence of thin-crystal lattice fringes can be gracefully
quantified using fringe-visibility maps, a direct-space analog of Kikuchi maps.
As in navigation of reciprocal space with the aid of Kikuchi lines,
fringe-visibility maps facilitate acquisition of 3D crystallographic
information in lattice images. In particular, these maps can help researchers
to determine the 3D lattice parameters of individual nano-crystals, to ``fringe
fingerprint'' collections of randomly-oriented particles, and to measure local
specimen-thickness with only modest tilt. Since the number of fringes in an
image increases with maximum spatial-frequency squared, these strategies (with
help from more precise goniometers) will be more useful as
aberration-correction moves resolutions into the subangstrom range.Comment: 12 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables, 60 refs, RevTex4, notes
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