Quantum coherent optical phase modulation in an ultrafast transmission electron microscope

Nature

Volumn 521, Issue 7551, 2015, Pages 200-203

  Feist, Armin ^a   Echternkamp, Katharina E ^a   Schauss, Jakob ^a   Yalunin, Sergey V ^a   Schäfer, Sascha ^a   Ropers, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; DENSITY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MODULATION; NANOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84929333586     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14463     Document Type: Article

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