Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has emerged as a uniquely powerful
tool for structural and functional imaging of materials on the atomic level. Driven by …

Both classical and quantum waves can form vortices: entities with helical phase fronts and
circulating current densities. These features determine the intrinsic orbital angular …

Over the past several decades, electron and scanning probe microscopes have become
critical components of condensed matter physics, materials science and chemistry research …

The recent prediction and subsequent creation of electron vortex beams in a number of
laboratories occurred after almost 20 years had elapsed since the recognition of the physical …

Plasmonics, the science and technology of the interaction of light with metallic objects, is
fundamentally changing the way we can detect, generate and manipulate light. Although the …

We propose an improved type of holographic-plate suitable for the shaping of electron
beams. The plate is fabricated by a focused ion beam on a silicon nitride membrane and …

We study the transfer of orbital angular momentum between vortex electron beams and
chiral samples, such as staircase plasmonic nanostructures and biomolecules. Inelastic …

The interaction between free electrons and optical near fields is attracting increasing
attention as a way to manipulate the electron wave function in space, time, and energy …

Rapid development of magnetic nanotechnologies calls for experimental techniques
capable of providing magnetic information with subnanometre spatial resolution. Available …

Free electrons can efficiently absorb or emit plasmons excited in a thin conductor, giving rise
to multiple energy peaks in the transmitted electron spectra separated by multiples of the …