noun
Kikuchi pattern
A diffraction pattern formed by inelastically scattered electrons in electron microscopy, used for crystallographic analysis. Technical term in physics.
電子顕微鏡で菊池図形を観察すると、結晶の方位がわかる。
Observing Kikuchi patterns with an electron microscope reveals the crystal orientation.
菊池図形は、菊池正士によって発見された。
Kikuchi patterns were discovered by Seishi Kikuchi.
Named after Japanese physicist Seishi Kikuchi (菊池正士), who first described the pattern in 1928.