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20242026
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6 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-sci2025

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

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-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…