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# Measuring an electron beam's orbital angular momentum spectrum

@article{Grillo2016MeasuringAE,
title={Measuring an electron beam's orbital angular momentum spectrum},
author={I. Grillo and Amir Hossein Tavabi and Federico Venturi and Hugo Larocque and Roberto Balboni and Gian Carlo Gazzadi and Stefano Frabboni and Penghan Lu and Erfan Mafakheri and Fr'ed'eric Bouchard and Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski and Robert W. Boyd and Martin P. J. Lavery and Miles J. Padgett and Ebrahim Karimi},
journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
year={2016}
}
Quantum complementarity states that particles, e.g. electrons, can exhibit wave-like properties such as diffraction and interference upon propagation. \textit{Electron waves} defined by a helical wavefront are referred to as twisted electrons~\cite{uchida:10,verbeeck:10,mcmorran:11}. These electrons are also characterised by a quantized and unbounded magnetic dipole moment parallel to their propagation direction, as they possess a net charge of $-|e|$~\cite{bliokh:07}. When interacting with… Expand
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