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  Coulomb-correlated electron number states in a transmission electron microscope beam

Haindl, R., Feist, A., Domröse, T., Möller, M., Gaida, J. H., Yalunin, S. V., et al. (2023). Coulomb-correlated electron number states in a transmission electron microscope beam. Nature Physics, 19, 1410-1417. doi:10.1038/s41567-023-02067-7.

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Haindl, Rudolf1, Author           
Feist, Armin1, Author           
Domröse, Till1, Author           
Möller, Marcel1, Author           
Gaida, John H.1, Author           
Yalunin, Sergey V.1, Author           
Ropers, Claus1, Author                 
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1Department of Ultrafast Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_3350152              

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 Abstract: While correlated electrons are at the heart of many phenomena in condensed matter, as well as atomic and molecular physics, Coulomb interactions in free-electron beams are generally considered detrimental. Here, we demonstrate the generation of Coulomb-correlated pair, triple and quadruple states of free electrons by femtosecond photoemission from a nanoscale field emitter inside a transmission electron microscope. Event-based electron spectroscopy allows the spatial and spectral characterization of the electron ensemble emitted by each laser pulse. We identify distinctive energy and momentum correlations arising from acceleration-enhanced interparticle energy exchange, revealing strong few-body Coulomb interactions at an energy scale of 2 eV. State-sorted beam caustics show a discrete increase in virtual source size and longitudinal source shift for few-electron states, associated with transverse momentum correlations. We observe field-controllable electron antibunching, attributed primarily to transverse Coulomb deflection. The pronounced spatial and spectral characteristics of these electron number states allow filtering schemes that control the statistical distribution of the pulse charge. In this way, the fraction of specific few-electron states can be actively suppressed or enhanced, facilitating the preparation of highly non-Poissonian electron beams for microscopy and lithography, including future heralding schemes and correlated multi-electron probing.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023-06-222023-10
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02067-7
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Project name : The work at the Göttingen UTEM Lab was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) through grant number 432680300/SFB 1456 (project C01) and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz programme.
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Title: Nature Physics
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 19 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1410 - 1417 Identifier: ISSN: 1745-2473
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