Electron Diffraction from Free-Standing, Metal-Coated Transmission Gratings

Authors

Glen Gronniger, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Brett E. Barwick, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Herman Batelaan, University of Nebraska - LincolnFollow
Tim Savas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David E. Pritchard, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFollow
Alex Cronin, University of ArizonaFollow

ORCID IDs

Herman Batelaan

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2005

Citation

Applied Physics Letters (2005) 87: 124104.

Comments

Copyright 2005, American Institute of Physics. Used by permission.

Abstract

Electron diffraction from a free-standing nanofabricated transmission grating was demonstrated, with energies ranging from 125 eV to 25 keV. Observation of 21 diffraction orders highlights the quality of the gratings. The image charge potential due to one electron was measured by rotating the grating. These gratings may pave the way to low-energy electron interferometry.