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Title: Methods and devices for measuring orbital angular momentum states of electrons

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1438423

A device for measuring electron orbital angular momentum states in an electron microscope includes the following components aligned sequentially in the following order along an electron beam axis: a phase unwrapper (U) that is a first electrostatic refractive optical element comprising an electrode and a conductive plate, where the electrode is aligned perpendicular to the conductive plate; a first electron lens system (L1); a phase corrector (C) that is a second electrostatic refractive optical element comprising an array of electrodes with alternating electrostatic bias; and a second electron lens system (L2). The phase unwrapper may be a needle electrode or knife edge electrode.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
SC0010466
Assignee:
University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Patent Number(s):
9,960,008
Application Number:
15/632,131
OSTI ID:
1438423
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Jun 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

System and method for producing and using multiple electron beams with quantized orbital angular momentum in an electron microscope patent-application June 2012
Converter of orbital momentum into spin momentum for the polarization of particle beams patent-application December 2012
Generation of charged particle vortex waves patent-application November 2014
Electron Vortex Beams with High Quanta of Orbital Angular Momentum journal January 2011
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Electron holography in the study of the electrostatic fields: the case of charged microtips journal August 1992
Stern-Gerlach-like approach to electron orbital angular momentum measurement journal February 2017
Efficient sorting of free electron orbital angular momentum journal February 2017

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