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Free-Electron-Bound-Electron Resonant Interaction
1Department of Electrical Engineering Physical Electronics, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
Abstract:
Here we present a new paradigm of free-electron-bound-electron resonant interaction. This concept is based on a recent demonstration of the optical frequency modulation of the free-electron quantum electron wave function (QEW) by an ultrafast laser beam. We assert that pulses of such QEWs correlated in their modulation phase, interact resonantly with two-level systems, inducing resonant quantum transitions when the transition energy ΔE=ℏω_{21} matches a harmonic of the modulation frequency ω_{21}=nω_{b}. Employing this scheme for resonant cathodoluminescence and resonant EELS combines the atomic level spatial resolution of electron microscopy with the high spectral resolution of lasers.
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