Title :
Electron Laguerre-Gaussian beams
Author :
McMorran, Benjamin J. ; Agrawal, Amit ; Anderson, Ian M. ; Herzing, Andrew ; Lezec, Henri J. ; McClelland, Jabez J. ; Unguris, John
Author_Institution :
Center for Nanoscale Sci. & Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Abstract :
We use nanofabricated diffraction holograms to demonstrate electron Laguerre-Gaussian beams. These beams are analogous to optical vortices but are composed of charged particle wavefunctions possessing mass.
Keywords :
holography; light diffraction; optical vortices; stochastic processes; charged particle wavefunctions; electron Laguerre-Gaussian beams; nanofabricated diffraction holograms; optical vortices; Diffraction; Electron beam applications; Laser beams; Lenses; Optical vortices; Spirals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
