TY - JOUR AU - D’Alfonso, A. J. AU - Morgan, A. J. AU - Martin, A. V. AU - Quiney, H. M. AU - Allen, L. J. TI - Fast deterministic approach to exit-wave reconstruction JO - Physical review / A VL - 85 IS - 1 SN - 1050-2947 CY - College Park, Md. PB - APS M1 - PUBDB-2015-05048 SP - 013816 PY - 2012 AB - We introduce a fast, dependable algorithm to solve for the exit surface wave of a specimen in coherent diffractive imaging for a set of illumination conditions that are not unduly restrictive. It is shown that a direct solution of the phase problem from a diffraction pattern is obtained efficiently and uniquely. The algorithm is deterministic and is known a priori to converge to the correct solution in less than a predetermined number of steps. It is based on the conjugate gradient least-squares method implemented with Fourier transforms and offers the possibility of real-time solutions.We also extend the formulation to allow for imaging of extended objects in a manner similar to ptychography. LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000299115100006 DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.85.013816 UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/288579 ER -