Light-based electron aberration corrector

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41566-025-01760-8" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41566-025-01760-8</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Light-based electron aberration corrector
Original language description
Achieving atomic resolution in electron microscopy has historically been hindered by spherical aberration, a fundamental limitation of conventional electron lenses. Its correction typically requires complex assemblies of electromagnetic multipoles. Here we demonstrate that third-order spherical aberration in a cylindrically symmetric electron lens with an associated aberration coefficient of Cs approximate to 2.5 m can be compensated to near-zero via interaction with a shaped light field. By analysing distortions in the high-magnification point-projection electron images of optical standing waves, we quantify the spherical aberration before and after light-induced correction. The spatial distribution of the correction optical field is precisely characterized in situ using ultrafast four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy utilizing the transverse deflection of electrons induced by the optical ponderomotive force. Such a combined characterization and correction approach introduces a new paradigm for optical control in electron beams and opens a pathway towards compact and tunable light-based correctors for high-resolution electron microscopy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10306 - Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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