EPMA (Electron Probe Microanalysis) is a non-destructive method to determine the chemical composition of a material sample. An electron beam bombards the sample, which subsequently emits detectable x-radiation. From measured x-ray intensities, the chemical composition is reconstructed.
This software implements the reconstruction as a minimization problem, where k-ratios (normalized x-ray intensities) simulated by a model are fitted to experimental data. To simulate the electron transport inside the sample we use the M1-model in BCSD approximation, the k-ratios are calculated using an integral formula, considering ionization cross-section, fluorescence yield, and the attenuation in the material.
This software can compute jacobians alongside the k-ratios to allow the implementation of gradient-based optimization routines. For the jacobians, we rely on the adjoint state method.
Note that this code is intended for reasearch, hence mostly undocumented. Some crude documentation (which helped while implementing) is provided under /doc
For further information see:
- Claus, T.; Bünger, J.; Torrilhon, M. A Novel Reconstruction Method to Increase Spatial Resolution in Electron Probe Microanalysis. Math. Comput. Appl. 2021, 26, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/mca26030051
- Claus, T. J. (2018). Application of the Adjoint Method in Gradient-based Optimization to the M1-Model in Electron Beam Microanalysis.
- This software uses the following python-packages:
numpy, numpy-mips64, matplotlib, clawpack, jax, jaxlib - To build the custom Riemann solvers using f2py, LAPACK needs to be installed
Have a look at example.ipynb to see the software in use.
- to build the Riemann Solvers (using the f2py library)
python -m numpy.f2py -c rpn2_riemann_solver_forward.f90 -m rpn2_riemann_solver_forward -llapack --opt="-ffree-line-length-none"
python -m numpy.f2py -c rpn2_riemann_solver_adjoint.f90 -m rpn2_riemann_solver_adjoint -llapack --opt="-ffree-line-length-none"
Tamme Claus - tamme.claus@rwth-aachen.de
supervised by:
CLAWPACK: https://www.clawpack.org
JAX: https://github.com/google/jax
Ground State Occupancies: EPDL97: the evaluated photo data library `97 version
Mass Attenuation Coefficient Database: https://www.nist.gov/pml/x-ray-mass-attenuation-coefficients
Edge Energies: X-Ray Form Factor, Attenuation, and Scattering Tables
GNU GPLv3, see LICENSE
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