<html><body><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div> </div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Audrey Nichols" <anichols@jlab.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, February 6, 2015 3:00:00 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[Accelerator_staff] Accelerator Seminar: 2/12/15 - Benjamin McMorran<br></div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__QUOTED_TEXT__"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><div>ACCELERATOR SEMINAR<br></div><br><div>"Experiments with Free Electron Vortex Beams"<br></div><br><div>Benjamin McMorran<br></div><div>University of Oregon<br></div><br><div>Electron vortex beams are composed of free electrons in quantized orbital states. Each electron wavefunction in the beam has a helical shape, with a resulting quantized orbital angular momentum (OAM) and a corresponding magnetic moment, independent of the spin angular momentum (SAM). To produce such states, we use nanofabricated diffraction gratings to holographically “sculpt” a phase vortex onto free electron matter waves in a transmission electron microscope (TEM). We also use this approach to place free electrons in coherent superpositions of orbital states. The generation of these beams depends upon the spatial coherence of the electron beam, which can be related to the brightness or emittance of the electron source. These beams can interact with surfaces and materials in unique, albeit subtle, ways. For example, electron vortex beams can transfer quantized OAM to another system through inelastic scattering. These applications, the fundamental physics of free electron orbital states, and possible future experiments with spin polarized and accelerated vortex beams will be discussed.</div><br><div>Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015<br></div><div>11:00 a.m.<br></div><div>CEBAF Center, F113<br></div><br><div id="c527d5bf-234f-450e-be05-77753629e03f">------<br><b><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Audrey N. Barron</span></b><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Administrative Assistant</span><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Center for Advanced Studies of Accelerators</span><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Jefferson Lab</span><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;">757-269-7327</span><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><a href='http://<a href="mailto:anichols@jlab.org">anichols@jlab.org</a>Email Me</a> ' target="_blank" data-mce-href='http://<a href="mailto:anichols@jlab.org">anichols@jlab.org</a>Email Me</a> '>anichols@jlab.org</a></span> / <span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jlab.org" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.jlab.org">www.jlab.org</a></span> <br><br><img style="border: 0px currentColor;" src="cid:1e43d6254cb4fb12e17c7e1305092c7a7067c400@zimbra" data-mce-style="border: 0px none;" data-mce-src="cid:1e43d6254cb4fb12e17c7e1305092c7a7067c400@zimbra"><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Accelerator_staff mailing list<br>Accelerator_staff@jlab.org<br>https://mailman.jlab.org/mailman/listinfo/accelerator_staff<br></div></div></body></html>