Design of an electron microscope phase plate using a focused continuous-wave laser

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1 July 2010

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Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics

Vol. 12 (7) , 073011
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/12/7/073011
PMID:20808709
PMCID:PMC2929835

Abstract

We propose a Zernike phase contrast electron microscope that uses an intense laser focus to convert a phase image into a visible image. We present the relativistic quantum theory of the phase shift caused by the laser–electron interaction, study resonant cavities for enhancing the laser intensity and discuss applications in biology, soft-materials science and atomic and molecular physics.

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