Angular momentum transfer from swift electrons to non-spherical nanoparticles within the dipolar approximation

Jorge Luis Briseño-Gómez, Atzin López-Tercero, José Ángel Castellanos-Reyes +1

In this work, we study the angular momentum transfer from a single swift electron to non-spherical metallic nanoparticles, specifically investigating spheroidal and polyhedral (Pla…