On-column 2p bound state with topological charge ±1 excited by an atomic-size vortex beam in an aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscope

Microscopy and Microanalysis

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 711-719

  Xin, Huolin L ^a   Zheng, Haimei ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

aberration corrected electron microscopy; columnar orbital; electron channeling; electron vortex beam; topological charge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864769335     PISSN: 14319276     EISSN: 14358115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1431927612000499     Document Type: Conference Paper

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