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ArticleCommunications physics2023

Inelastic electron scattering at a single-beam structured light wave.

Sven Ebel, Nahid Talebi

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Article in Communications physics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Ultrafast plasmonic rotors for electron beams.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Sven EbelInstitute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-3224-6413
Nahid TalebiInstitute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3861-1005

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In free space, electrons undergo inelastic scattering in the presence of ponderomotive potentials generated by light pulses and standing light waves. The resulting modulated electron energy spectrum can exhibit the formation of discrete energy sidebands when multiple light beams are employed. Here, we demonstrate the inelastic scattering of slow-electron wavepackets at a propagating Hermite-Gaussian light beam. The pulsed Hermite-Gaussian beam thus forms a ponderomotive potential for the electron with sufficient momentum components, leading to the inelastic scattering and subsequent formation of discrete energy sidebands. We show that the resulting energy-gain spectra after the interaction are strongly influenced by the self-interference of the electrons in this ponderomotive potential. This effect is observable across various wavelengths, and the energy modulation can be controlled by varying the electron velocity and light intensity. By utilizing the vast landscape of structured electromagnetic fields, this effect introduces an additional platform for manipulating electron wavepackets.

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Matter waves and particle beamsUltrafast photonics

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PMID38665404
PMCPMC11041727

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