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Optical Modulation of Electron Beams in Free Space

F. Javier García de Abajo1,2,* and Andrea Konečná1

  • 1ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
  • 2ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

  • *Corresponding author. javier.garciadeabajo@nanophotonics.es
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 123901 – Published 22 March, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.123901

Abstract

We exploit free-space interactions between electron beams and tailored light fields to imprint on-demand phase profiles on the electron wave functions. Through rigorous semiclassical theory involving a quantum description of the electrons, we show that monochromatic optical fields focused in vacuum can be used to correct electron beam aberrations and produce selected focal shapes. Stimulated elastic Compton scattering is exploited to imprint the required electron phase, which is proportional to the integral of the optical field intensity along the electron path and depends on the transverse beam position. The required light intensities are attainable in currently available ultrafast electron microscope setups, thus opening the field of free-space optical manipulation of electron beams.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 123901– Published 22 March, 2021
  • Received 7 November 2020
  • Accepted 16 February 2021
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