Analysis and applications of a heralded electron source
Abstract We analytically describe the noise properties of a heralded electron source made from a standard electron gun, a weak photonic coupler, a single photon counter, and an electron energy filter. We describe the sub-Poissonian statistics of the source, the engineering requirements for efficient heralding, and several potential applications. We use simple models of electron beam processes to demonstrate advantages which are situational, but potentially significant in electron lithography and scanning electron microscopy.
Authors
- Karl K. Berggren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7453-9031)
- William P. Putnam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-461X)
- M. A. R. Krielaart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1466-015X)
- John Simonaitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-2555)
- Stewart A. Koppell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7022-0311)
- Phillip D. Keathley
Institutions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New Journal of Physics
- Published
- 2025-01-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ada8d0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.70
Funders
- National Science Foundation