Control of quantum electrodynamical processes by shaping electron wavepackets

Liang Jie Wong; Nicholas Rivera; Chitraang Murdia; Thomas Christensen; John D. Joannopoulos; Marin Soljačić; Ido Kaminer

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21367-1

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Control of quantum electrodynamical processes by shaping electron wavepackets

Liang Jie Wong,
Nicholas Rivera,
Chitraang Murdia,
Thomas Christensen,
John D. Joannopoulos,
Marin Soljačić,
Ido Kaminer

Affiliations

Liang Jie Wong: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
Nicholas Rivera: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chitraang Murdia: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Christensen: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John D. Joannopoulos: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marin Soljačić: Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ido Kaminer: Department of Electrical Engineering, Technion

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21367-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Here the authors show that radiation emitted by individual electrons can be controlled by shaping the electron wavepacket. They present feasible examples for applications including collimated and monochromatic X-ray emission from specially shaped electrons.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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