Towards ultimate temporal and spatial resolutions with ultrafast single-electron diffraction

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Baum, Peter ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

attosecond science; diffraction and microscopy; electron dynamics

Indexed keywords

PULSE GENERATORS;

ATTOSECOND SCIENCE; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; PULSE-FRONT DISTORTION; SINGLE-ELECTRON PULSE; SPACE CHARGE EFFECTS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; ULTIMATE CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRAFAST ELECTRON DIFFRACTION;

ATOMS;

EID: 84902477752     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: 13616455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/47/12/124005     Document Type: Article

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