DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR EXPERIMENTAL FORWARD MODEL INDEXING OF ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS
A system may obtain a first experimental diffraction pattern. A system may identify a crystallographic orientation of the first experimental diffraction pattern. A system may create an experimental master pattern including at least a portion of the first experimental diffraction pattern. A system may generate a plurality of experimental indexing patterns based at least partially on the experimental master pattern. A system may forward model indexing a second experimental diffraction pattern with at least one experimental indexing pattern of the plurality of experimental indexing patterns.
1 . A method for characterizing a material, the method comprising:
obtaining a first experimental diffraction pattern;
identifying a crystallographic orientation of the first experimental diffraction pattern;
creating an experimental master pattern including at least a portion of the first experimental diffraction pattern;
generating a plurality of experimental indexing patterns based at least partially on the experimental master pattern; and
forward model indexing a second experimental diffraction pattern with at least one experimental indexing pattern of the plurality of experimental indexing patterns.
2 . A method for characterizing a material, the method comprising:
obtaining a first experimental diffraction pattern;
determining at least one point of symmetry based at least partially on the first experimental diffraction pattern;
determining a crystallographic orientation of the experimental diffraction pattern based on a location and type of the at least one point of symmetry;
creating an experimental master pattern including at least a portion of the first experimental diffraction pattern based at least partially on a determined crystallographic orientation;
generating a plurality of experimental indexing patterns based at least partially on the experimental master pattern; and
forward model indexing a second experimental diffraction pattern with at least one experimental indexing pattern of the plurality of experimental indexing patterns.
3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising determining at least a second point of symmetry based at least partially on the experimental master pattern; and
refining the experimental master pattern based at least partially on the second point of symmetry, and
wherein generating a plurality of experimental indexing patterns is based at least partially on the refined experimental master pattern.
4 . A method for characterizing a material, the method comprising:
obtaining a first experimental diffraction pattern;
identifying a crystallographic orientation of the first experimental diffraction pattern;
creating an experimental master pattern including at least a portion of the first experimental diffraction pattern;
generating at least one experimental simulated pattern based at least partially on the experimental master pattern; and
displaying the experimental simulated pattern on a display device.