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.
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Funding Scheme
ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
Host institution
STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN
Net EU contribution
€ 2 495 485,00
Address
Winthontlaan 2
3526 KV Utrecht
Netherlands
3526 KV Utrecht
Netherlands
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West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00
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STICHTING NEDERLANDSE WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK INSTITUTEN
Netherlands
Net EU contribution
€ 2 495 485,00
Address
Winthontlaan 2
3526 KV Utrecht
3526 KV Utrecht
See on map
Region
West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00