"SMART-ELECTRON" ULTRAFAST ALL-OPTICAL SPATIO-TEMPORAL ELECTRON MODULATORS: OPENING FRONTIERS IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (DFM.AD006.219)

Area tematica

Scienze fisiche e tecnologie della materia

Area progettuale

Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca

Istituto Nanoscienze (NANO)

Responsabile di progetto

VINCENZO GRILLO
Telefono: 0592055315
E-mail: 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.

Obiettivi

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.

Data inizio attività

01/05/2021

Parole chiave

ULTRAFAST, ELECTRON, MODULATORS

Ultimo aggiornamento: 07/12/2024