Fitting the momentum dependent loss function in EELS
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Age-dependent Dynamics of Locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans: A Lyapunov Exponent Analysis
Published on: September 23, 2025
Giovanni Bertoni1, Jo Verbeeck, Fons Brosens
1Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), via Morego 30, IT-16163 Genoa, Italy. giovanni.bertoni@iit.it.
Abstract:
Momentum dependent inelastic plasmon scattering can be measured by electron energy loss in a transmission electron microscope. From energy filtered diffraction, the characteristic angle of scattering and the cutoff angle are measured, using a thin film of aluminum as a model test. Rather than deconvolving the data (as done in previous works), a fitting technique is used to extract the loss function from angular resolved spectra, starting from a simple model simulation.
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