@inbook{b7681c38819143b49f3c557cafd7e5af,
title = "Partially coherent quantum degenerate electron matter waves",
abstract = "The use of electron beams is ubiquitous; electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, electron lithography, and electron diffractometry all use these beams. On the other hand, quantum degenerate electron beams do not exist. The realization of such beams may impact electron beam technologies and are interesting to pursue. Past attempts to reach degeneracy were hampered by the low degeneracy of continuously emitting electron sources. With the recent advent of ultra-short electron pulses, high degeneracy is expected. Coulomb repulsion and low quantum coherence are hurdles that need to be overcome. A quantum analysis of the electron degeneracy for partially coherent pulsed electron sources is presented for source parameters that are currently available. The conclusive demonstration of the fermionic Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) effect for free electrons is within reach, and our results support that femto-second nanotip electron sources, with partial coherence can manifest quantum degeneracy with appreciable signal-to-noise-ratios notwithstanding their small particle numbers.",
keywords = "Electron beam, Hanbury Brown-Twiss (HBT) effect, Partial coherence, Pauli exclusion principle (PEP), Quantum coherence, Quantum degeneracy, Ultrashort pulse",
author = "Sam Keramati and Eric Jones and Jeremy Armstrong and Herman Batelaan",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1016/bs.aiep.2019.11.002",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
pages = "3--26",
booktitle = "Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics",
}