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ArticleScience advances2023

Quantum wave function reconstruction by free-electron spectral shearing interferometry.

Zhaopin Chen, Bin Zhang, Yiming Pan, Michael Krüger

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Article in Science advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhaopin ChenDepartment of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1085-227X
Bin ZhangDepartment of Electrical Engineering Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 6997801, Israel.
Yiming PanDepartment of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4391-0226
Michael KrügerDepartment of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6188-9179
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILTel Aviv University · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The quantum wave function measurement of a free electron remains challenging in quantum mechanics and is subject to disputes about ψ-ontic/epistemic interpretations of the wave function. Here, we theoretically propose a realistic spectral method for reconstructing quantum wave function of an electron pulse, free-electron spectral shearing interferometry (FESSI). We use a Wien filter to generate two time-delayed replicas of the electron wave packet and then shift one replica in energy using a light-electron modulator driven by a mid-infrared laser. As a direct demonstration, we numerically reconstruct a pulsed electron wave function with a kinetic energy of 10 keV. FESSI is experimentally feasible and enables us to fully determine distinct orders of spectral phases and their physical implications in quantum foundations and quantum technologies, providing a universal approach to characterize ultrashort electron pulses.

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