"SMART-ELECTRON" ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL SPATIO-TEMPORAL ELECTRON MODULATORS: OPENING FRONTIERS IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (DFM.AD006.219)
Thematic area
Physical sciences and technologies of matter
Project area
Infrastrutture di ricerca , strumentazione avanzata e nuove metodologie sperimentali e di calcolo (DFM.AD006)Structure responsible for the research project
Institute of nanoscience (NANO)
Project manager
VINCENZO GRILLO
Phone number: 0592055315
Email: vincenzo.grillo@nano.cnr.it
Abstract
SMARTelectron aims at developing an innovative technological platform for designing, realizing and operating all-optical rapidly-programmable phase masks for electrons. By introducing a new paradigm where properly synthesized ultrafast electromagnetic fields will be used for engineering the phase space of a free-electron wave function, we will be able to achieve unprecedented space/time/energy/momentum shaping of electron matter waves, surpassing conventional passive monolithic schemes and revolutionizing the way materials are investigated in electron microscopy.
Goals
SMARTelectron aims at developing an innovative technological platform for designing, realizing and operating all-optical rapidly-programmable phase masks for electrons. By introducing a new paradigm where properly synthesized ultrafast electromagnetic fields will be used for engineering the phase space of a free-electron wave function, we will be able to achieve unprecedented space/time/energy/momentum shaping of electron matter waves, surpassing conventional passive monolithic schemes and revolutionizing the way materials are investigated in electron microscopy.
Start date of activity
01/05/2021
Keywords
ULTRAFAST, ELECTRON, MODULATORS
Last update: 03/05/2024