We propose a new method to obtain surface holographic images at an atomic level by inversion of angle-resolved electron-energy-loss data. The diffraction information is contained in the intensity of a core loss peak measured in fixed directions as a function of the primary beam energy. The results obtained for the model system Ni(111)- $p(2\times 2)$-K show that our method is valid and promising.

• Received 11 March 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.1059