Ptychography is a scanning x-ray microscopy method with coherent illumination. The word ptychography was derived from the Greek words ptyché (πτυχή = fold) and gráphein (γράφειν = to write). It is an imaging technique consisting …

Scanning Microscopy is a summarizing term, for different modalities where dependent on the precise modality certain technologies are used to scan the sample. See related modalities below...

In scanning microscopy, a small but intensive x-ray beam is used to scan the sample. This microbeam is typically generated by an x-ray optic. At each position of the scan, an x-ray analytical signal, such …