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Towards STEM control: Modeling framework and development of a sensor for defocus control

  • Arturo Tejada
  • , Wouter Van den Broek
  • , Saartje W. van der Hoeven
  • , Arnold J. den Dekker

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Abstract

Scanning transmission electron microscopes are indispensable tools for material science research, since they can reveal the internal structure of a wide range of specimens. Thus, it is of scientific and industrial interest to transform these microscopes into flexible, high-throughput, unsupervised, nano-measuring tools. To do so, processes that are currently executed manually based on visual feedback (e.g., alignment or particle measurement) should be automated, taking into consideration their time dependencies. That is, these microscopes should be studied from the systems and control perspective. To the best of our knowledge, such perspective is lacking in the literature. Thus, it is provided here through a new modeling framework that facilitates the future development of control strategies based on image analysis. The progress made towards developing an image-based sensor for defocus control is also reported. Finally, the paper also aims to introduce scanning transmission electron microscopy as an important and untapped application area for control engineers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 48h IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) held jointly with 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ChapterFrC09.5
Pages8310-8315
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)978-1-4244-3871-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 29 Jan 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2009 - "Shanghai International Convention Center", Shanghai, China
Duration: 15 Dec 200918 Dec 2009
Conference number: 48

Conference

Conference48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2009
Abbreviated titleCDC 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period15/12/0918/12/09
Other48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference, CDC/CCC 2009

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