Localization of high-energy electron scattering from atomic vibrations
arXiv:1401.6305 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.89.054103
Abstract
Electrons with kinetic energies of the order 100 keV are capable of exciting atomic vibrational states from a distance of microns. Despite such a large interaction distance, our detailed calculations show that the scattering physics permits a high-energy electron beam to locate vibrational excitations with atomic-scale spatial resolution. Pursuits to realize this capability experimentally could potentially benefit numerous fields across the physical sciences.
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