Coherence of femtosecond single electrons exceeds biomolecular dimensions

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kirchner, F O ^a   Lahme, S ^a   Krausz, F ^a   Baum, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ORGANIC MOLECULES; FEMTO-SECOND RESOLUTION; FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON PULSE; ORGANIC MOLECULAR CRYSTAL; SINGLE-ELECTRON PULSE; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-RESOLVED DIFFRACTION; TRANSVERSE COHERENCE;

PHYSICS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84879338367     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063021     Document Type: Article

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