Information Limit

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The presence of the "virtual aperture" created by the damping envelopes imposes a resolution limit on the microscope: information limit.

 

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Information limit goes well beyond point resolution limit for FEG microscopes (due to high spatial and temporal coherency).

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For the microscopes with thermionic electron sources (LaB6 and W), the info limit usually coincides with the point resolution.

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Phase contrast images are directly interpretable only up to the point resolution (Scherzer resolution limit).

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If the information limit is beyond the point resolution limit, one needs to use image simulation software to interpret any detail beyond point resolution limit.