Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents a review on electron vortex beams highlighting both its experimental and its theoretical aspects. The unique characteristics of electron vortex states as well as their similarities with orbital angular momentum states of light are discussed and perspectives are offered for their application in a number of technologies.
Source: Reviews of Modern Physics
Authors: S. M. Lloyd, M. Babiker, G. Thirunavukkarasu, J. Yuan
Institution: University of York
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2746703235