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20192026
most citedObservation of the Stimulated Quantum Cherenkov Effect

170 citations · 301 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

physics.optics2026

Spatiotemporal Electron Microscopy of Phonon Polaritons in MoO3

Harel Nahari, Yaniv Kurman, Raphael Dahan +5

Photon-induced near-field electron microscopy (PINEM) has emerged as a powerful technique for imaging optical excitations with nanometer spatial and sub-picosecond temporal resolut…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Roadmap for Quantum Nanophotonics with Free Electrons

F. Javier García de Abajo, Albert Polman, Cruz I. Velasco +44

Over the past century, continuous advancements in electron microscopy have enabled the synthesis, control, and characterization of high-quality free-electron beams. These probes ca…

physics.optics2025

Realization of a Pre-Sample Photonic-based Free-Electron Modulator in Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscopes

Beatrice Matilde Ferrari, Cameron James Richard Duncan, Michael Yannai +16

Spatial and temporal light modulation is a well-established technology that enables dynamic shaping of the phase and amplitude of optical fields, significantly enhancing the resolu…

physics.optics2023★ 36 cited

Coherently amplified ultrafast imaging using a free-electron interferometer

Tomer Bucher, Harel Nahari, Hanan Herzig Sheinfux +18

Accessing the low-energy non-equilibrium dynamics of materials and their polaritons with simultaneous high spatial and temporal resolution has been a bold frontier of electron micr…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 10 cited

Imaging the field inside nanophotonic devices

Tal Fishman, Urs Haeusler, Raphael Dahan +9

Controlling optical fields on the subwavelength scale is at the core of any nanophotonic device. Of particular interest are nanophotonic particle accelerators that promise a compac…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 27 cited

Ultrafast Electron Microscopy of Nanoscale Charge Dynamics in Semiconductors

Michael Yannai, Raphael Dahan, Alexey Gorlach +11

The ultrafast dynamics of charge carriers in solids plays a pivotal role in emerging optoelectronics, photonics, energy harvesting, and quantum technology applications. However, th…

quant-ph2022★ 58 cited

Observation of 2D Cherenkov radiation

Yuval Adiv, Hao Hu, Shai Tsesses +8

For over 80 years of research, the conventional description of free-electron radiation phenomena, such as Cherenkov radiation, has remained unchanged: classical three-dimensional e…

physics.optics2019★ 170 cited

Observation of the Stimulated Quantum Cherenkov Effect

Saar Nehemia, Raphael Dahan, Michael Shentcis +8

As charged particles surpass the speed of light in an optical medium they produce radiation - analogously to the way jet planes surpass the speed of sound and produce a sonic boom.…