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  • Photonics and Plasmonics
  • Electron-Photon Interactions
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Electron-driven photon sources offer miniaturized light generation for applications like ultrafast electron-photon microscopy.
  • Conventional sources often exhibit limited polarization control, typically generating only p-polarized light due to symmetry constraints.
  • Tailoring photon properties like polarization, bandwidth, and directionality is crucial for advanced optical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate tailored photon properties from electron-driven sources using novel structures.
  • To generate light vortex beams with controllable angular momentum orders.
  • To explore the potential of structured-light electron-driven photon sources.

Main Methods:

  • Design, fabrication, and characterization of self-complementary chiral structures (holes in an Au film).
  • Utilizing electron interaction with these structures to generate chiral surface plasmon polaritons.
  • Analyzing the far-field scattering of plasmon polaritons and their interference with transition radiation.

Main Results:

  • Successful generation of light vortex beams with specified angular momentum orders.
  • Creation of TE- and TM-polarized Laguerre-Gauss light beams with chiral intensity distributions.
  • Demonstration of tunable polarization, bandwidth, and directionality of generated photons.

Conclusions:

  • Photon-sieve-based chiral structures enable precise control over electron-driven photon properties.
  • The generated vortex light and its spatiotemporal features are suitable for structured-light electron-driven photon sources.
  • This work advances the development of miniaturized, tunable light sources for advanced scientific instruments.