Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: A recently developed relativistic quantum optics approach for a fast electron beam-optical modes interaction problem (Optica 6, 1524--1534 (2019)) contains suggestion about a smallness of the error induced by replacement $Ψ_{\vec k}\approxΨ_{\vec k_0}$ for noninteracting free electron Dirac spinors at such wave vector $\vec k$ that $\left|\vec k-\vec k_0 \right| \ll\left|\vec k_0\right|$ with $\vec k_0$ as a peaked wave vector of a focused electron beam. Here, based on quantum information approach we strictly investigated a degree of coincidence of spinors $Ψ_{\vec k}$ and $Ψ_{\vec k_0}$ by calculating fidelity for them. The analytical expression is obtained. It is shown that the fidelity inevitably depends on not only wave vectors $\vec k$ and $\vec k_0$ but also on mutual orientation of $[\vec k_0,\vec k]$ and $\hat{\vec{s}}^{\dagger}\vecσ\hat{\vec{s}}$ with $\vec{s}$ is a two-component spin unit vector and $\vecσ$ is a vector of Pauli matrices. This result can be conceived as a chirality-like effect in the fidelity and constraints spin arbitrariness when applying the developed relativistic quantum optics approach to the problems of interest. A geometrical configuration of $\vec k_0$, $\vec k-\vec k_0$, and $\hat{\vec{s}}^†\vecσ\hat{\vec{s}}$ that is optimal in terms of fidelity is established.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Churochkina, Svetlana, Churochkin, Dmitry
Institution: Saratov State University
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7221811587