Friday, May 11, 2012

1205.2329 (Peter Schattschneider et al.)

A novel vortex generator and mode converter for electrons    [PDF]

Peter Schattschneider, Michael Stoeger-Pollach, Johan Verbeeck
A mode converter for electron vortex beams is described. Numerical simulations, confirmed by experiment, show that the converter transforms a vortex beam with topological charge $m=\pm 1$ into beams closely resembling Hermite-Gaussian HG$_{10}$ and HG$_{01}$ modes. The converter can be used as a mode discriminator or filter for electron vortex beams. Combining the converter with a phase plate turns a plane wave into modes with topological charge $m=\pm 1$. This combination serves as a generator of electron vortex beams of high brilliance.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.2329

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