Natural Sciences, Physical Sciences, Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics, Naturvetenskap, Fysik, Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (Här ingår: Kemisk fysik, kvantoptik), Computer and Information Sciences, Computer graphics and computer vision, Data- och informationsvetenskap (Datateknik), Datorgrafik och datorseende, Subatomic Physics, Subatomär fysik

In conventional tomographic reconstruction, the pre-processing step includes flat-field correction, where each sample projection on the detector is divided by a reference image taken without the sample. When using coherent X-rays as a probe, this approach overlooks the phase component of the illumination field (probe), leading to artifacts in phase-retrieved projection images, which are then propagated to the reconstructed 3D sample representation. The problem intensifies in nano-holotomography with focusing optics, which, due to various imperfections creates high-frequency components in the probe function. Here, we present a new iterative reconstruction scheme for holotomography, simultaneously retrieving the complex-valued probe function. Implemented on GPUs, this algorithm results in 3D reconstruction resolving twice thinner layers in a 3D ALD standard sample measured using nano-holotomography.