Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has
developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter …

In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

We present the development of the first ultrafast transmission electron microscope (UTEM)
driven by localized photoemission from a field emitter cathode. We describe the …

The ability of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to image a structure ranging from
millimetres to Ångströms has made it an indispensable component of the toolkit of modern …

Surface plasmon polaritons can confine electromagnetic fields in subwavelength spaces
and are of interest for photonics, optical data storage devices and biosensing applications …

Light–electron interaction is the seminal ingredient in free-electron lasers and dynamical
investigation of matter. Pushing the coherent control of electrons by light to the attosecond …

Integrated photonics facilitates extensive control over fundamental light–matter interactions
in manifold quantum systems including atoms, trapped ions,, quantum dots and defect …

Vortex-carrying matter waves, such as chiral electron beams, are of significant interest in
both applied and fundamental science. Continuous-wave electron vortex beams are …

Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) performed in a scanning transmission electron
microscope (STEM) has demonstrated unprecedented power in the characterization of …

Spatiotemporal electron-beam sha** is a bold frontier of electron microscopy. Over the
past decade, sha** methods evolved from static phase plates to low-speed electrostatic …