Ultrafast transmission electron microscopy using a laser-driven field emitter: 
Femtosecond resolution with a high coherence electron beam

Feist, A.; Bach, N.; Rubiano da Silva, N.; Danz, T.; Möller, M.; Priebe, K.E.; Domröse, T.; Gatzmann, J.G.; Rost, S.; Schauss, J.; Strauch, S.; Bormann, R.; Sivis, M.; Schäfer, S.; Ropers, Claus

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.12.005

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Ultrafast transmission electron microscopy using a laser-driven field emitter: Femtosecond resolution with a high coherence electron beam

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Ropers, Claus
Department of Ultrafast Dynamics, MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Society;

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Feist, A., Bach, N., Rubiano da Silva, N., Danz, T., Möller, M., Priebe, K., et al. (2017). Ultrafast transmission electron microscopy using a laser-driven field emitter: Femtosecond resolution with a high coherence electron beam. Ultramicroscopy, 176, 63-73. doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2016.12.005.

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We present the development of the first ultrafast transmission electron microscope (UTEM) driven by localized photoemission from a field emitter cathode. We describe the implementation of the instrument, the photoemitter concept and the quantitative electron beam parameters achieved. Establishing a new source for ultrafast TEM, the Göttingen UTEM employs nano-localized linear photoemission from a Schottky emitter, which enables operation with freely tunable temporal structure, from continuous wave to femtosecond pulsed mode. Using this emission mechanism, we achieve record pulse properties in ultrafast electron microscopy of 9 Å focused beam diameter, 200 fs pulse duration and 0.6 eV energy width. We illustrate the possibility to conduct ultrafast imaging, diffraction, holography and spectroscopy with this instrument and also discuss opportunities to harness quantum coherent interactions between intense laser fields and free-electron beams.