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Quantum Electron Wavepacket Spectroscopy

Project description

Pioneering quantum spectroscopy enabled by tailoring electron wave packets

Just as light behaves as both a particle and a wave, so do electrons. To describe quantum particles like electrons in a semi-classical sense, scientists use wave packets, which provide information about both the location and momentum of the electron; combining multiple waves of about the same momentum into a ‘packet’ is what enables localisation of particles. Tailoring the wave packet – shaping it in space and time – opens the door to unique and exotic electron–photon–matter interactions that can be integrated into electron microscopy setups for a new window on the quantum world. The EU-funded QEWS project is pioneering such a concept for unprecedented insight into electron–light–matter interactions.

Host institution

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN
Net EU contribution
€ 2 495 485,00
Address
Winthontlaan 2
3526 KV Utrecht
Netherlands

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Region
West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00

Beneficiaries (1)

STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 2 495 485,00
Address
Winthontlaan 2
3526 KV Utrecht

See on map

Region
West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00