PD Dr. Tatiana Latychevskaia

Kurzbeschreibung
Scientist, Principal Investigator
Tatiana Latychevskaia
Paul Scherrer Institut PSI
Forschungsstrasse 111
5232 Villigen PSI
Schweiz

CV


Our current research topics include: method development of novel coherent high-resolution 3D imaging techniques -  holography and coherent diffraction imaging; algorithms for wavefront propagation, simulation and reconstruction of holograms and diffraction patterns, iterative phase retrieval algorithms; convergent beam electron diffraction, 2D materials, coherent imaging with low-energy electrons (20 - 300 eV), wavefront modulation.


                                               Shaip Gashi 

                                               Bachelor student


                                               Anissa Maria Sinojmeri 

                                               semester project student


Former members

Sara Mustafi

PhD student (2021 -2025)

Dr. Ding Peng

Postdoc (2022 - 2024)

Heba Hussein

semester project student (2023)

Alice Kohli

Master student (2021 - 2022)

Sarah Bernardinis

Bachelor student (2022), joint with Dr Soichiro Tsujino

Students of the University of Zurich are welcome to contact us for Bachelor and Master projects. 

For postdoctoral positions, please contact us.



2025

  • Dynamics of single Au nanoparticles on graphene simultaneously in real- and diffraction space by time-series convergent beam electron diffraction
    Mustafi S, Cai R, Sullivan-Allsop S, Smith M, Clark N J, Lindley M, Peng D, Novoselov K S, Haigh S J, Latychevskaia T
    Micron 194, 103814 (2025). 

     

  • Iterative phase retrieval algorithm for space-variant PSFs in optical systems with aberrations
    Brault D, Fournier C, Latychevskaia T
    Optics Letters 50(6), 1767-1770 (2025). 

2024

  • A new family of septuple-layer 2D materials of MoSi2N4-like crystals 
    Latychevskaia T, Bandurin D A, Novoselov K S
    Nature Reviews Physics (2024). 

     

  • Double-slit holography—a single-shot lensless imaging technique 
    Wicki F, Latychevskaia T
    Scientific Reports 14, 12528 (2024). 

     

  • Criteria for objects suitable for reconstruction from holograms and diffraction patterns 
    Latychevskaia T
    Journal of the Optical Society of America A 41(11), 2219-2230 (2024). 

2023

  • Controlling topological states in bilayer graphene 
    Latychevskaia T
    Nature Nanotechnology (2023).

     

  • Fourier Transform Holography: A Lensless Imaging Technique, Its Principles and Applications 
    Mustafi S, Latychevskaia T
    Photonics 10(2), 153 (2023).

     

  • Coherent imaging with low-energy electrons, quantitative analysis 
    Latychevskaia T
    Ultramicroscopy 253, 113807 (2023).

     

  • Potentials of individual atoms by convergent beam electron diffraction 
    Latychevskaia T, Woods CR, Wang YB, Holwill M, Prestat E, Mustafi S, Haigh SJ, Novoselov KS
    Carbon 201, 244-250 (2023).

 

2022

  • Low-dose shift- and rotation-invariant diffraction recognition imaging 
    Latychevskaia T, Kohli A
    Scientific Reports 12, 11202 (2022).

     

  • Imaging defects in two-dimensional crystals by convergent-beam electron diffraction 
    Latychevskaia T, Huang P, Novoselov K
    Physical Review B 105, 184113 (2022).

 

2021

  • Bragg holography of nano-crystals 
    Latychevskaia T, Cassidy C, Shintake T
    Ultramicroscopy 230, 113376 (2021).

     

  • Three-dimensional structure from single two-dimensional diffraction intensity measurement 
    Latychevskaia T
    Physical Review Letters 127(6), 063601 (2021).

     

  • Holographic convergent electron beam diffraction (CBED) imaging of two-dimensional crystals 
    Latychevskaia T, Haigh S. J., Novoselov K. S. 
    Surface Review and Letters 28(8), 2140001 (2021).

     

  • Phase retrieval methods applied to coherent imaging 
    Latychevskaia T
    Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics 218, 1 (2021).

     

  • Symmetry of diffraction patterns of two-dimensional crystal structures 
    Latychevskaia T, Zan R, Morozov S, Novoselov K
    Ultramicroscopy 228, 113336  (2021).

     

  • Wavefront modulation and beam shaping into arbitrary three-dimensional intensity distributions 
    Latychevskaia T
    Photonics 8(6), 179 (2021).

     

  • Three-dimensional volumetric deconvolution in coherent optics and holography 
    Latychevskaia T
    Applied Optics 60(5), 1304 (2021).

 

2020

  • Holographic reconstruction of the interlayer distance of bilayer two-dimensional crystal samples from their convergent beam electron diffraction patterns 
    Latychevskaia T, Zou YC, Woods CR, Wang YB, Holwill M, Prestat E, Haigh SJ, Novoselov KS
    Ultramicroscopy 219, 113020 (2020).

     

  • Holography and Coherent Diffraction Imaging with Low-(30–250 eV) and High-(80–300 keV) Energy Electrons: History, Principles, and Recent Trends 
    Latychevskaia T
    Materials 13, 3089 (2020).
    DOI: 10.3390/ma13143089 "Congrats on your excellent review in Materials!" by John Spence

     

  • Convergent beam electron diffraction of multilayer van der Waals structures 
    Latychevskaia T, Woods CR, Wang YB, Holwill M, Prestat E, Haigh SJ, Novoselov KS
    Ultramicroscopy 212, 112976 (2020).

 

2019

  • Iterative phase retrieval for digital holography (invited) 
    Latychevskaia T
    Journal of the Optical Society of America 36, D31 (2019).

     

  • Reconstruction of missing information in diffraction patterns and holograms by iterative phase retrieval 
    Latychevskaia T
    Optics Communications 452, 56 (2019).

     

  • Inelastic scattering and solvent scattering reduce dynamical diffraction in biological crystals 
    Latychevskaia T, Abrahams JP
    Acta Crystallographica Section B 75, 52 (2019).

     

  • Direct visualization of charge transport in suspended (or free-standing) DNA strands by low-energy electron microscopy
    Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Andregg W, Andregg M, Fink HW
    Scientific Reports 9, 8889 (2019).

     

  • Lateral and axial resolution criteria in incoherent and coherent optics and holography, near- and far-field regimes
    Latychevskaia T
    Applied Optics 58, 3597 (2019).

     

  • Ultrafast holography enabled by quantum interference of ultrashort electrons 
    Madan I, Vanacore GM, Pomarico E, Berruto G, Lamb RJ, McGrouther D, Lummen TTA, Latychevskaia T, García de Abajo FJ, Carbone F
    Science Advances 5, eaav8358 (2019).

     

  • Local photo-mechanical stiffness revealed in gold nanoparticles supracrystals by ultrafast small-angle electron diffraction
    Mancini GF, Pennacchio F, Latychevskaia T, Reguera J, Stellacci F, Carbone F
    Structural Dynamics 6, 024304 (2019).

     

  • Moiré structures in twisted bilayer graphene studied by transmission electron microscopy 
    Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Ultramicroscopy 197, 46 (2019).

     

  • Stacking transition in rhombohedral graphite 
    Latychevskaia T, Son KS, Yang YP, Chancellor D, Brown M, Ozdemir S, Madan I, Berruto G, Carbone F, Mishchenko A, Novoselov KS
    Frontiers of Physics 14, 13608 (2019).

     

  • Convergent and divergent beam electron holography and reconstruction of adsorbates on free-standing two-dimensional crystals 
    Latychevskaia T, Woods CR, Wang YB, Holwill M, Prestat E, Haigh SJ, Novoselov KS
    Frontiers of Physics 14, 13606 (2019).

 

2018

  • Investigating Skyrmions Using Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy 
    Huang P, Jayaraman R, Mancini GF, Kruchkov A, Cantoni M, Murooka Y, Latychevskaia T, McGrouther D, Baldini E, White JS, Magrez A, Giamarchi T, Carbone F, Rønnow HM
    Microscopy and Microanalysis 24, 932 (2018).

     

  • Three-dimensional double helical DNA structure directly revealed from its X-ray fiber diffraction pattern by iterative phase retrieval 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Optics Express 26, 30991 (2018).

     

  • Iterative phase retrieval in coherent diffractive imaging: practical issues 
    Latychevskaia T
    Applied Optics 57, 7187 (2018).
  • Algorithms and image formation in orbital tomography 
    Kliuiev P, Latychevskaia T, Zamborlini G, Jugovac M, Osterwalder J, Hengsberger M, Castiglioni L
    Physical Review B 98, 085426 (2018).

     

  • Convergent beam electron holography for analysis of van der Waals heterostructures 
    Latychevskaia T, Woods CR, Wang YB, Holwill M, Prestat E, Haigh SJ, Novoselov KS
    PNAS 115, 7473 (2018).

     

  • Metal adsorption and nucleation on free-standing graphene by low-energy electron point source microscopy 
    Lorenzo M, Escher C, Latychevskaia, Fink HW
    Nano Letters 18, 3421 (2018).

 

2017

  • Resolution enhancement in in-line holography by numerical compensation of vibrations 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Optics Express 25, 20109 (2017).

     

  • Imaging the potential distribution of charged adsorbates on graphene by low-energy electron holography 
    Latychevskaia T, Wicki F, Escher C, Fink HW
    Ultramicroscopy 182, 276 (2017).

     

  • Three-dimensional surface topography of graphene by divergent beam electron diffraction 
    Latychevskaia T, Hsu WH, Chang WT, Lin CY, Hwang IS
    Nature Communications 8, 14440 (2017).

     

  • Spatial coherence of electron beams from field emitters and its effect on the resolution of imaged objects 
    Latychevskaia T
    Ultramicroscopy 175, 121 (2017).

     

  • Imaging proteins at the single-molecule level 
    Longchamp JN, Rauschenbach S, Abb S, Escher C, Latychevskaia T, Kern K, Fink HW
    PNAS 114, 1474 (2017).

 

2016

  • Application of iterative phase-retrieval algorithms to ARPES orbital tomography 
    Kliuiev P, Latychevskaia T, Osterwalder J, Hengsberger M, Castiglioni L
    New Journal of Physics 18, 093041 (2016).

     

  • Resolution enhancement by extrapolation of coherent diffraction images: a quantitative study about the limits and a numerical study of non-binary and phase objects 
    Latychevskaia T, Chushkin Y, Fink HW
    Journal of Microscopy 264, 2 (2016).

     

  • Direct observation of individual charges and their dynamics on graphene by low-energy electron holography
    Latychevskaia T, Wicki F, Longchamp JN, Escher C, Fink HW
    Nano Letters 16, 5469 (2016).

     

  • Mapping unoccupied electronic states of freestanding graphene by angle-resolved low-energy electron transmission
    Wicki F, Longchamp JN, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Physical Review B 94, 075424 (2016).

     

  • Creating Airy beams employing a transmissive spatial light modulator 
    Latychevskaia T, Schachtler D, Fink HW
    Applied Optics 55, 6095 (2016).

     

  • Inverted Gabor holography principle for tailoring arbitrary shaped three-dimensional beams 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Scientific Reports 6, 26312 (2016).

     

  • Order/disorder dynamics in a dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles supracrystal by small-angle ultrafast electron diffraction 
    Mancini GF, Latychevskaia T, Pennacchio F, Reguera J, Stellacci F, Carbone F
    Nano Letters 16, 2705 (2016).

     

  • Invariant time-dependent exchange perturbation theory and its application to the particles collision problem 
    Orlenko EV, Latychevskaia T, Evstafev AV, Orlenko FE
    Highlights in Theoretical Chemistry 11, 41 (2016).

 

2015

  • Imaging outside the box: Resolution enhancement in X-ray coherent diffraction imaging by extrapolation of diffraction patterns 
    Latychevskaia T, Chushkin Y, Zontone F, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 107, 183102 (2015).

     

  • Filming the formation and fluctuation of skyrmion domains by cryo-Lorentz transmission electron microscopy 
    Rajeswari J, Huang P, Mancini GF, Murooka Y, Latychevskaia T, McGrouther D, Cantoni M, Baldini E, White JS, Magrez A, Giamarchi T, Ronnow HM, Carbone F
    PNAS112, 14212 (2015).

     

  • The role of the coherence in the cross-correlation analysis of diffraction patterns from two-dimensional dense mono-disperse systems 
    Latychevskaia T, Mancini GF, Carbone F
    Scientific Report 5, 16573 (2015).

     

  • Holography and coherent diffraction with low-energy electrons: A route towards structural biology at the single molecule level 
    Latychevskaia T, Longchamp JN, Escher C, Fink HW
    Ultramicroscopy 159, 395 (2015).

     

  • Terahertz in-line digital holography of human hepatocellular carcinoma tissue 
    Rong L, Latychevskaia T, Chen C, Wang D, Yu Z, Zhou X, Li Z, Huang H, Wang Y, Zhou Z
    Scientific Reports 5, 8445 (2015).

     

  • Low-energy electron holographic imaging of individual tobacco mosaic virions 
    Longchamp JN, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 107, 133101 (2015).

     

  • Invariant time-dependent exchange perturbation theory and its application to the particles collision problem 
    Orlenko EV, Latychevskaia T, Evstafev AV, Orlenko FE
    Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 134, 1 (2015).

     

  • Atomically resolved structural determination of graphene and its point defects via extrapolation assisted phase retrieval
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 106, 021908 (2015).

     

  • Practical algorithms for simulation and reconstruction of digital in-line holograms 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Applied Optics 54, 2424 (2015).

     

  • Reconstruction of purely absorbing, absorbing and phase-shifting, and strong phase-shifting objects from their single-shot in-line holograms 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Applied Optics 54, 3932 (2015).

 

2014

  • Holographic time-resolved particle tracking by means of three-dimensional volumetric deconvolution 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Optics Express 22, 20994 (2014).

     

  • On artefact-free reconstruction of low-energy (30-250 eV) electron holograms 
    Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Longchamp JN, Fink HW
    Ultramicroscopy 145, 22 (2014).

     

  • Terahertz in-line digital holography of dragonfly hindwing: amplitude and phase reconstruction at enhanced resolution by extrapolation 
    Rong L, Latychevskaia T, Wang D, Zhou X, Huang H, Li Z, Wang Y
    Optics Express 22, 17236 (2014).

     

  • Low-energy electron holographic imaging of ultraclean graphene-supported gold-nanorods 
    Longchamp JN, Escher C, Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Ultramicroscopy 145, 80 (2014).

 

2013

  • Pulsed electron holography 
    Germann M, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 102, 203115 (2013).

     

  • Coherent diffraction and holographic imaging of individual biomolecules using low-energy electrons 
    Latychevskaia T, Longchamp JN, Escher C, Fink HW
    Advancing Methods for Biomolecular Crystallography. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series A: Chemistry and Biology ~, 331 (2013).

     

  • Resolution enhancement in digital holography by self-extrapolation of holograms 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Optics Express 21, 7726 (2013).

     

  • Graphene unit cell imaging by holographic coherent diffraction 
    Longchamp JN, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Physical Review Letters 110, 255501 (2013).

     

  • Coherent microscopy at resolution beyond diffraction limit using post-experimental data extrapolation 
    Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 103, 204105 (2013).

 

2012

  • When holography meets coherent diffraction imaging 
    Latychevskaia T, Longchamp JN, Fink HW
    Optics Express 20, 28871 (2012).

     

  • Non-destructive imaging of an individual protein 
    Longchamp JN, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 101, 093701 (2012).

     

  • Low-energy electron transmission imaging of clusters on free-standing graphene 
    Longchamp JN, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 101, 113117 (2012).

 

2011

  • Novel Fourier-domain constraint for fast phase retrieval in coherent diffraction imaging 
    Latychevskaia T, Longchamp JN, Fink HW
    Optics Express 19, 19330 (2011).

     

  • Individual filamentous phage imaged by electron holography 
    Stevens GB, Krüger M, Latychevskaia T, Lindner P, Plückthun A, Fink HW
    Eurropean Biophysics Journal 40, 1197 (2011).

 

2010

  • Nondestructive imaging of individual biomolecules 
    Germann M, Latychevskaia T, Escher C, Fink HW
    Physical Review Letters 104, 095501 (2010).

     

  • Off-axis and inline electron holography: Experimental comparison 
    Latychevskaia T, Formanek P, Koch CT, Lubk A
    Ultramicroscopy 110, 472 (2010).

     

  • Depth-resolved holographic reconstructions by three-dimensional deconvolution 
    Latychevskaia T, Gehri F, Fink HW
    Optics Express 18, 22527 (2010).

     

  • Graphene as a transparent conductive support for studying biological molecules by transmission electron microscopy 
    Nair RR, Blake P, Blake JR, Zan R, Anissimova S, Bangert U, Golovanov AP, Morozov SV, Latychevskaia T, Geim AK, Novoselov KS
    Applied Physics Letters 97, 153102 (2010).

 

2009

  • Simultaneous reconstruction of phase and amplitude contrast from a single holographic record 
    Latychevskaia, Fink HW
    Optics Express 17, 10697 (2009).

 

2007

  • Solution to the twin image problem in holography 
    Latychevskaia, Fink HW
    Physical Review Letters 98, 233901 (2007).

 

2006

  • Resorcin[4]arene cavitand-based molecular switches 
    Azov VA, Beeby A, Cacciarini M, Cheetham AG, Diederich F, Frei M, Gimzewski JK, Gramlich V, Hecht B, Jaun B, Latychevskaia T, Lieb A, Lill Y, Marotti F, Schlegel A, Schlittler RR, Skinner PJ, Seiler P, Yamakoshi Y 
    Advanced Functional Materials 16, 147 (2006).

     

  • Direct evidence for conduction pathways in a solid electrolyte 
    Escher C, Latychevskaia T, Fink HW, Pohl DW
    Physical Review Letters 97, 136601 (2006).

     

  • A single-molecule study of polycrystalline microstructure by fluorescence polarization spectroscopy 
    Latychevskaia T, Renn A, Wild UP
    Journal of Luminescence 118, 111 (2006).

     

  • A quantum mechanical scheme to reduce radiation damage in electron microscopy 
    Okamoto H, Latychevskaia T, Fink HW
    Applied Physics Letters 88, 164103 (2006).

     

  • Axisymmetric liquid hanging drops 
    Meister EC, Latychevskaia T
    Journal of Chemical Education 83, 117 (2006).

 

2003

  • Single molecule spectroscopy 
    Latychevskaia T, Liang KK, Hayashi M, Chang CH, Renn A, Wild UP, Hsu JH, Chang TC, Lin SH
    Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 50, 477 (2003).

 

2002

  • Theory of the Stark effect on single molecular spectroscopy 
    Hayashi M, Chiang CH, Liang KK, Shiu YJ, Chang CH, Wu DY, Li FY, Chang TC, Wild UP, Latychevskaia T, Lin SH
    Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society 49, 797 (2002).

     

  • Higher-order Stark effect on single-molecules 
    Latychevskaia T, Renn A, Wild UP
    Chemical Physics 282, 109 (2002).

 

2000

  • Radio-frequency Stark effect modulation of single-molecule lines 
    Kador L, Latychevskaia T, Renn A, Wild UP
    Journal of Luminescence 86, 189 (2000).

 

1999

  • Detection and spectroscopy of single molecules in rare gas matrices: dibenzanthanthrene in krypton and xenon 
    Sepiol J, Starukhin A, Kolos R, Latychevskaia T, Jasny J, Renn A, Wild UP
    Chemical Physics Letters 311, 29 (1999).

     

  • Imaging and spectroscopy of terrylene molecules isolated in vapor-deposited n-alkane matrices 
    Sepiol J, Starukhin A, Latychevskaia T, Jasny J, Renn A, Wild UP
    Chemical Physics 247, 35 (1999).

     

  • Absorption spectroscopy on single molecules in solids 
    Kador L, Latychevskaia T, Renn A, Wild UP
    Journal of Chemical Physics 111, 8755 (1999).

     

  • Advanced holographic nondestructive testing system for residual stress analysis 
    Kniazkov A, Onischenko YT, Dovgalenko GE, Salamo GJ, Latychevskaia T
    Proceedings of SPIE 3678, 73 (1999).

 

1998

  • Recording and reconstruction of reflection and transmission holograms with a cw laser diode 
    Krylov VN, Mikhailov VN, Weitzel KT, Latychevskaia T, Sizov VN, Renn A, Wild UP
    SPIE Proceedings 3293, 131 (1999).

     

  • Pulse recording of slanted fringe holograms in DuPont photopolymer 
    Mikhailov VN, Weitzel TK, Latychevskaia T, Krylov V, Wild UP
    SPIE Proceedings 3294, 132 (1999).

     

  • The method of exchange perturbation theory as applied to magnetic ordering in high-Tc materials 
    Orlenvko, EV, Latychevskaia T
    Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics 86, 2129 (1999).