Vortex beams for atomic resolution dichroism

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 295-300

  Idrobo, Juan C ^a,b   Pennycook, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dichroism; EELS; Electron vortex; Ion vortex; Orbital angular momentum; STEM

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DICHROISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ATOMIC-RESOLUTION; CONDITION; ELECTRON VORTEX; INCIDENT ELECTRON BEAMS; ION VORTEX; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; REAL-SPACE; RECIPROCAL SPACE; STEM; VORTEX BEAMS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 80054695911     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfr069     Document Type: Article

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