Atomic resolution x-ray hologram

Unlike crystals producing sharp peaks under the x-ray diffraction, disordered materials show slowly varying patterns presenting little structural information. This is due to the fact that only the scattering intensity can be recorded, and the loss of the phase information makes the Fourier inversion of the amplitude impossible. However, when an amorphous sample is placed on a crystal, the x-ray intensity diffracted by the assembly can produce a …