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The figure below shows the sample reference frame and the detector reference frame used in kikuchipy, all of which are right handed. In short, the sample reference frame is the one used by EDAX TSL, RD-TD-ND, while the pattern center is defined as in the Bruker software.
In (a) (lower left), a schematic of the microscope chamber shows the definition of the sample reference frame, RD-TD-ND. The $x_{euler}-y_{euler}-z_{euler}$ crystal reference frame used by Bruker is shown for reference. An EBSD pattern on the detector screen is viewed from behind the screen towards the sample. The inset (b) shows the detector and sample normals viewed from above, and the azimuthal angle $\omega$ which is defined as the sample tilt angle round the RD axis. (c) shows how the EBSD map appears within the data collection software, with the sample reference frame and the scanning reference frame, $x_{scan}-y_{scan}-z_{scan}$, attached. Note the $180^{\circ}$ rotation of the map about ND. (d) shows the relationship between the sample reference frame and the detector reference frame, $x_{detector}-y_{detector}-z_{detector}$, with the projection center highlighted. The detector tilt $\theta$ and sample tilt $\sigma$, in this case $10^{\circ}$ and $70^{\circ}$, respectively, are also shown.
The above figure shows the EBSD pattern in the sample reference frame figure (a) as viewed from behind the screen towards the sample (left), with the detector reference frame the same as in (d) with its origin (0, 0) in the upper left pixel. The detector pixels' gnomonic coordinates can be described with a calibrated projection center (PC) (right), with the gnomonic reference frame origin (0, 0) in ($PC_x, PC_y$). The circles indicate the angular distance from the PC in steps of $10^{\circ}$.
All relevant parameters for the sample-detector geometry are stored in an kikuchipy.detectors.EBSDDetector instance. Let's first import necessary libraries and a small Nickel EBSD test data set
# Exchange inline for notebook or qt5 (from pyqt) for interactive plotting
%matplotlib inline
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import kikuchipy as kp
s = kp.data.nickel_ebsd_small() # Use kp.load("data.h5") to load your own data
s
Then we can define a detector with the same parameters as the one used to acquire the small Nickel data set
detector = kp.detectors.EBSDDetector(
shape=s.axes_manager.signal_shape[::-1],
pc=[0.421, 0.779, 0.505],
convention="tsl",
px_size=70, # microns
binning=8,
tilt=0,
sample_tilt=70
)
detector
detector.pc_tsl()
The projection/pattern center (PC) is stored internally in the Bruker convention:
$PC_x$ is measured from the left border of the detector in fractions of detector width.
$PC_y$ is measured from the top border of the detector in fractions of detector height.
$PC_z$ is the distance from the detector scintillator to the sample divided by pattern height.
Above, the PC was passed in the EDAX TSL convention. Passing the PC in the Bruker, Oxford, or EMsoft v4 or v5 convention is also supported. The definitions of the conventions are given in the EBSDDetector API reference, together with the conversion from PC coordinates in the TSL, Oxford, or EMsoft conventions to PC coordinates in the Bruker convention.
The PC coordinates in the TSL, Oxford, or EMsoft conventions can be retreived via EBSDDetector.pc_tsl(), EBSDDetector.pc_oxford(), and EBSDDetector.pc_emsoft(), respectively. The latter requires the unbinned detector pixel size in microns and the detector binning to be given upon initialization.
detector.pc_emsoft()
The detector can be plotted to show whether the average PC is placed as expected using EBSDDetector.plot() (see its docstring for a complete explanation of its parameters)
detector.plot(pattern=s.inav[0, 0].data)
This will produce a figure similar to the left panel in the detector coordinates figure above, without the arrows and colored labels.
Multiple PCs with a 1D or 2D navigation shape can be passed to the pc
parameter upon initialization, or can be set directly. This gives the detector
a navigation shape (not to be confused with the detector shape) and a navigation
dimension (maximum of two)
detector.pc = np.ones([3, 4, 3]) * [0.421, 0.779, 0.505]
detector.navigation_shape
detector.navigation_dimension
detector.pc = detector.pc[0, 0]
detector.navigation_shape
Note
The offset and scale of HyperSpy’s axes_manager
is fixed for a signal,
meaning that we cannot let the PC vary with scan position if we want to
calibrate the EBSD detector via the axes_manager
. The need for a varying
PC was the main motivation behind the EBSDDetector
class.
The right panel in the detector coordinates figure above shows the detector plotted in the gnomonic projection using EBSDDetector.plot(). We assign 2D gnomonic coordinates ($x_g, y_g$) in a gnomonic projection plane parallel to the detector screen to a 3D point ($x_d, y_d, z_d$) in the detector frame as
$$ x_g = \frac{x_d}{z_d}, \qquad y_g = \frac{y_d}{z_d}. $$The detector bounds and pixel scale in this projection, per navigation point, are stored with the detector
detector.bounds
detector.gnomonic_bounds
detector.x_range
detector.r_max # Largest radial distance to PC
The gnomonic projection (pattern) center (PC) of an EBSD detector can be estimated by the "moving-screen" technique Hjelen et al.. The technique relies on the assumption that the beam normal, shown in the top figure (d) above, is normal to the detector screen as well as the incoming electron beam, and will therefore intersect the screen at a position independent of the detector distance (DD). To find this position, we need two EBSD patterns acquired with a stationary beam but with a known difference $\Delta z$ in DD, say 5 mm.
First, the goal is to find the pattern position which does not shift between the two camera positions, ($PC_x$, $PC_y$). This point can be estimated in fractions of screen width and height, respectively, by selecting the same pattern features in both patterns. The two points of each pattern feature can then be used to form a straight line, and two or more such lines should intersect at ($PC_x$, $PC_y$).
Second, the DD ($PC_z$) can be estimated from the same points. After finding the distances $L_{in}$ and $L_{out}$ between two points (features) in both patterns (in = operating position, out = 5 mm from operating position), the DD can be found from the relation
$$ \mathrm{DD} = \frac{\Delta z}{L_{out}/L_{in} - 1}, $$where DD is given in the same unit as the known camera distance difference. If also the detector pixel size $\delta$ is known (e.g. 46 mm / 508 px), $PC_z$ can be given in the fraction of the detector screen height
$$ PC_z = \frac{\mathrm{DD}}{N_r \delta b}, $$where $N_r$ is the number of detector rows and $b$ is the binning factor.
Let's find an estimate of the PC from two single crystal Silicon EBSD patterns, which are included in the kikuchipy.data module
s_in = kp.data.silicon_ebsd_moving_screen_in(allow_download=True)
s_in.remove_static_background()
s_in.remove_dynamic_background()
s_out5mm = kp.data.silicon_ebsd_moving_screen_out5mm(allow_download=True)
s_out5mm.remove_static_background()
s_out5mm.remove_dynamic_background()
As a first approximation, we can find the detector pixel positions of the same features in both patterns by plotting them and noting the upper right coordianates provided by Matplotlib when plotting with an interactive backend (e.g. qt5 or notebook) and hovering over image pixels
fig, ax = plt.subplots(ncols=2, sharex=True, sharey=True, figsize=(20, 10))
ax[0].imshow(s_in.data, cmap="gray")
_ = ax[1].imshow(s_out5mm.data, cmap="gray")
For this example we choose the positions of three zone axes. The PC calibration is performed by creating an instance of the PCCalibrationMovingScreen class
cal = kp.detectors.PCCalibrationMovingScreen(
pattern_in=s_in.data,
pattern_out=s_out5mm.data,
points_in=[(109, 131), (390, 139), (246, 232)],
points_out=[(77, 146), (424, 156), (246, 269)],
delta_z=5,
px_size=None, # Default
convention="tsl", # Default
)
cal
We see that ($PC_x$, $PC_y$) = (0.5123, 0.8606), while DD = 21.7 mm. To get $PC_z$ in fractions of detector height, we have to provide the detector pixel size $\delta$ upon initialization, or set it directly and recalculate the PC
cal.px_size = 46 / 508 # mm/px
cal
We can visualize the estimation by using the (opinionated) convenience method PCCalibrationMovingScreen.plot()
cal.plot()
As expected, the three lines in the right figure meet at a more or less the same position. We can replot the three images and zoom in on the PC to see how close they are to each other. We will use two standard deviations of all $PC_x$ estimates as the axis limits (scaled with pattern shape)
# PCy defined from top to bottom, otherwise "tsl", defined from bottom to top
cal.convention = "bruker"
pcx, pcy, _ = cal.pc
two_std = 2 * np.std(cal.pcx_all, axis=0)
fig, ax = cal.plot(return_fig_ax=True)
ax[2].set_xlim([cal.ncols * (pcx - two_std), cal.ncols * (pcx + two_std)])
_ = ax[2].set_ylim([cal.nrows * ( pcy - two_std), cal.nrows * (pcy + two_std)])
Finally, we can use this PC estimate along with the orientation of the Si crystal, as determined by Hough indexing with a commercial software, to see how good the estimate is, by performing a geometrical EBSD simulation of positions of Kikuchi band centres and zone axes from the five $\{hkl\}$ families $\{111\}$, $\{200\}$, $\{220\}$, $\{222\}$, and $\{311\}$
from diffsims.crystallography import ReciprocalLatticePoint
from orix import crystal_map, quaternion
# Create simulation generator from a detector and crystal phase and orientation
detector = kp.detectors.EBSDDetector(
shape=cal.shape, pc=cal.pc, sample_tilt=70, convention=cal.convention
)
phase = crystal_map.Phase(space_group=227)
r = quaternion.Rotation.from_euler(np.deg2rad([133.3, 88.7, 177.8]))
simgen = kp.generators.EBSDSimulationGenerator(
detector=detector, phase=phase, rotations=r
)
simgen.navigation_shape = s_in.axes_manager.navigation_shape
# Specify which plane families for which to simulate bands and zone axes
rlp = ReciprocalLatticePoint(
phase=phase, hkl=[[1, 1, 1], [2, 0, 0], [2, 2, 0], [2, 2, 2], [3, 1, 1]]
).symmetrise() # Symmetrise to get all symmetrically equivalent planes
simgeo = simgen.geometrical_simulation(rlp)
#del s_in.metadata.Markers # Uncomment this if we want to re-add markers
s_in.add_marker(
marker=simgeo.as_markers(),
plot_marker=False,
permanent=True
)
s_in.plot(navigator=None, colorbar=False, axes_off=True, title="")
The PC is not perfect, but the estimate might be good enough for a further PC and/or orientation refinement.