Ultrafast electron diffraction: Visualizing dynamic states of matter

D Filippetto, P Musumeci, RK Li, BJ Siwick… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has
developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional nanomagnetism

A Fernández-Pacheco, R Streubel, O Fruchart… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Magnetic nanostructures are being developed for use in many aspects of our daily life,
spanning areas such as data storage, sensing and biomedicine. Whereas patterned …

Nano-optical imaging and spectroscopy of order, phases, and domains in complex solids

JM Atkin, S Berweger, AC Jones… - Advances in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The structure of our material world is characterized by a large hierarchy of length scales that
determines material properties and functions. Increasing spatial resolution in optical imaging …

4D electron microscopy: principles and applications

DJ Flannigan, AH Zewail - Accounts of chemical research, 2012 - ACS Publications
The transmission electron microscope (TEM) is a powerful tool enabling the visualization of
atoms with length scales smaller than the Bohr radius at a factor of only 20 larger than the …

Observation of the magnetic flux and three-dimensional structure of skyrmion lattices by electron holography

HS Park, X Yu, S Aizawa, T Tanigaki, T Akashi… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Skyrmions are nanoscale spin textures that are viewed as promising candidates as
information carriers in future spintronic devices,,. Skyrmions have been observed using …

Ponderomotive generation and detection of attosecond free-electron pulse trains

M Kozák, N Schönenberger, P Hommelhoff - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Atomic motion dynamics during structural changes or chemical reactions have been
visualized by pico-and femtosecond pulsed electron beams via ultrafast electron diffraction …

Laser-induced skyrmion writing and erasing in an ultrafast cryo-lorentz transmission electron microscope

G Berruto, I Madan, Y Murooka, GM Vanacore… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
We demonstrate that light-induced heat pulses of different duration and energy can write
Skyrmions in a broad range of temperatures and magnetic field in FeGe. Using a …

Probing structural and electronic dynamics with ultrafast electron microscopy

DA Plemmons, PK Suri, DJ Flannigan - Chemistry of Materials, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this Perspective, we provide an overview of the field of ultrafast electron microscopy
(UEM). We begin by briefly discussing the emergence of methods for probing ultrafast …

Few-nm tracking of current-driven magnetic vortex orbits using ultrafast Lorentz microscopy

M Möller, JH Gaida, S Schäfer, C Ropers - Communications Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Transmission electron microscopy is one of the most powerful techniques to characterize
nanoscale magnetic structures. In light of the importance of fast control schemes of magnetic …

Ultrafast high-harmonic nanoscopy of magnetization dynamics

S Zayko, O Kfir, M Heigl, M Lohmann, M Sivis… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Light-induced magnetization changes, such as all-optical switching, skyrmion nucleation,
and intersite spin transfer, unfold on temporal and spatial scales down to femtoseconds and …