Coiling free electron matter waves

Here we demonstrate particle beams that spiral in free space devoid of external fields. The beams consist of electrons in two lobes that twist around each other along the optical axis, such that each electron can be described by a two-lobed probability distribution that rotates as it propagates. Fur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: J Pierce, J Webster, H Larocque, E Karimi, B McMorran, A Forbes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab152d