Electron spiral: phase of the beam near the tip of the needle Twisted beams of electrons have been used for the first time to determine the handedness, or “chirality”, of an ultrathin crystal. The new ...
This calculated diffraction image shows how forked diffraction gratings shape the atoms' wave function into a vortex. (Courtesy: Science/AAAS) A wave-like property previously only seen in beams of ...
Vortex phenomena are widespread in nature, from typhoons to ocean currents. In the field of optics, vortex beams, which carry orbital angular momentum, have spiral wavefronts and ring-shaped intensity ...
Like soft serve ice cream, beams of atoms and molecules now come with a swirl. Vortex beams made of light or electrons have shown promise for making special types of microscope images and for ...
Vortex beams, rotating like a tornado, offer completely new possibilities for electron microscopy. A method of producing extremely intense vortex beams has been discovered. Vortex beams, rotating like ...
An international team led by researchers from Harvard University has demonstrated a light beam that propagates without spreading outwards. This 'needle beam', as the team calls it, could greatly ...
(Nanowerk News) A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances ("Tailoring electron vortex beams with customizable intensity patterns by electron diffraction holography"), discusses tailoring ...
WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed a new method for flexibly creating various needle-shaped laser beams. These long, narrow beams can be used to improve optical coherence tomography (OCT), a ...