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Ultrafast laser optical pinball

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A generalization of the Kapitza–Dirac effect enables new ways of controlling free electrons with ultrashort light pulses.

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Figure 1: Electron wavepackets are generated by an ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulse from a Schottky tip and accelerated to 29 keV.

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    Benoit Chalopin

  2. CEMES–CNRS, Toulouse, 31055, France

    Arnaud Arbouet

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Chalopin, B., Arbouet, A. Ultrafast laser optical pinball. Nat. Phys. 14, 110–111 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys4314

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