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20192026
most citedEfficient and versatile model for vibrational STEM-EELS

54 citations · 158 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Efficient Large-Scale STEM-EELS Simulations With Torched-TACAW

Martin Osmera, João Vaz, Paul M. Zeiger +1

The time auto-correlation of auxiliary wave functions (TACAW) method enables efficient simulations of ultra-low-loss electron energy loss spectra (EELS) arising from vibrational an…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Atomic-Scale Observation of Symmetry Breaking in Altermagnetic MnTe

Guodong Ren, Jonathan M. DeStefano, Xiao-Wei Zhang +20

The recent discovery of altermagnetism has sparked growing interest in compensated magnetic systems as promising platforms for highly scalable spintronics. Altermagnetism is a dist…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Theory of Momentum-Resolved Electron Energy-Loss Spectra of Coupled Phonon and Magnon Excitations

José Ángel Castellanos-Reyes, Ivan P. Miranda, Paul M. Zeiger +2

We develop a theory of momentum-resolved electron energy-loss spectra in the scanning transmission microscope (STEM-EELS) that captures the effects of coupled phonon and magnon exc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 1 cited

Magnon spectroscopy in the electron microscope

Demie Kepaptsoglou, José Ángel Castellanos-Reyes, Adam Kerrigan +9

The miniaturisation of transistors is approaching its limits due to challenges in heat management and information transfer speed. To overcome these obstacles, emerging technologies…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024

Systematic Absences of Optical Phonon Modes in Phonon Dispersion Measured by Electron Microscopy

Aowen Li, Paul Zeiger, Zuxian He +4

Phonon dispersion is widely used to elucidate the vibrational properties of materials. As an emerging technique, momentum-resolved vibrational spectroscopy in scanning transmission…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 2 cited

Inelastic electron scattering at large angles: the phonon polariton contribution

Hongbin Yang, Paul Zeiger, Andrea Konečná +11

We explore the inelastic electron scattering in SrTiO3, PbTiO3, and SiC in their phonon energy range, challenging the assumption that phonon polaritons are excluded at large angles…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 15 cited

Dynamical theory of angle-resolved electron energy loss and gain spectroscopies of phonons and magnons in transmission electron microscopy including multiple scattering effects

José Ángel Castellanos-Reyes, Paul Zeiger, Ján Rusz

We present a method for computing angle-resolved electron-energy-loss and gain spectroscopies for phonon and magnon excitations in transmission electron microscopy. Fractional scat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 15 cited

Real-Space Visualization of Frequency-Dependent Anisotropy of Atomic Vibrations

Xingxu Yan, Paul M. Zeiger, Yifeng Huang +11

The underlying dielectric properties of materials, intertwined with intriguing phenomena such as topological polariton modes and anisotropic thermal conductivities, stem from the a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Lessons from the harmonic oscillator -- a reconciliation of the Frequency-Resolved Frozen Phonon Multislice Method with other theoretical approaches

Paul M. Zeiger, Juri Barthel, Leslie J. Allen +1

We compare the Frequency-Resolved Frozen Phonon Multislice (FRFPMS) method, introduced in Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 025501 (2020), with other theoretical approaches used to account for…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 1 cited

Control of the phonon band gap with isotopes in hexagonal boron nitride

Paul Zeiger, Jordan Hachtel, Dominik Legut +5

The isotopic mass of constituent elements of materials has a well-known effect on the energy of vibrational modes. By means of monochromated scanning transmission electron microsco…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 13 cited

Unveiling the impact of temperature on magnon diffuse scattering detection in the transmission electron microscope

José Ángel Castellanos-Reyes, Paul Zeiger, Anders Bergman +4

Magnon diffuse scattering (MDS) signals could be studied with high spatial resolution in scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM), thanks to recent technological progress i…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 2 cited

Simulations of magnetic Bragg scattering in transmission electron microscopy

Justyn Snarski-Adamski, Alexander Edström, Paul Zeiger +4

We have simulated the magnetic Bragg scattering in transmission electron microscopy in two antiferromagnetic compounds, NiO and LaMnAsO. This weak magnetic phenomenon was experimen…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 18 cited

Magnon diffuse scattering in scanning transmission electron microscopy

Keenan Lyon, Anders Bergman, Paul Zeiger +4

We present a theory and a simulation of thermal diffuse scattering due to the excitation of magnons in scanning transmission electron microscopy. The calculations indicate that mag…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 11 cited

Simulations of angle- and spatially-resolved vibrational electron energy loss spectroscopy for a system with a planar defect

Paul M. Zeiger, Ján Rusz

Recent developments in experiments with vibrational electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) have revealed spectral shape variations at spatial resolutions down to sub-atomic scale…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 26 cited

The frequency-resolved frozen phonon multislice method and its application to vibrational EELS using parallel illumination

Paul M. Zeiger, Ján Rusz

We explore the capabilities of the frequency-resolved frozen phonon multislice method introduced in Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 025501 (2020) to model inelastic vibrational scattering in…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 54 cited

Efficient and versatile model for vibrational STEM-EELS

Paul M. Zeiger, Ján Rusz

We introduce a novel method for the simulation of the impact scattering in vibrational scanning transmission electron microscopy electron energy loss spectroscopy (STEM-EELS) simul…