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Lattice vibrations of the atomic planes have been measured using the self-interference of its thermal diffuse scattered (TDS) electron intensity on the diffraction plane by means of diffracted beam interferometry. Reconstruction of the fringes in the TDS intensity using the 222 Bragg diffracted beam of aluminum as the carrier frequency has found a wide range of vibrational frequencies existing between the atomic planes, as expected, but also some lateral vibrational components that likely represent vibrations which are parallel to the atomic planes.
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The author wishes to thank the organizers of the M&M 2013 session dedicated to Henry Sorby, i.e., George Vander Voort and James Martinez.
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Dedicated to Henry Clifton Sorby’s 150 year anniversary of finding crystal grains in materials.
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Herring, R.A. Lattice Vibration Measurements of Atomic Planes Using the Interference of Thermal Diffuse Scattered Electrons. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 3, 252–256 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-014-0150-8
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