Detection of magnetic impurities using electron vortex beams
arXiv:2003.07039 · doi:10.1063/5.0039479
Abstract
Electron microscopy stands out as electron waves providing higher spatial resolving power compared to their optical counterpart. Here we investigate theoretically the interaction of twisted electrons generated in transmission electron microscope (TEM) and magnetic impurity, in which the magnetic dipole moment is taken as a demonstration element. In addition to the usual optical phase, the inhomogeneous vector potential generated by the magnetic dipole moment makes additional contribution to the intrinsic orbital angular momentum of electrons, resulting in a Gouy phase shift. By interfering the outgoing twisted electron beam with a reference Gaussian-cylindrical wave, one can determine the magnitude and orientation of magnetic dipole directly via the rotational and deformed interference pattern. The obtained results demonstrate the usefulness of twisted electron beams for probing the atomic- and nanoscale magnetism of impurity by TEM and the proposed model provides the conceptual basis for future developments of the TEM method.
arXiv comment11 pages, 7figures
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