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Quantum description and properties of electrons emitted from pulsed nanotip electron sources

Quantum Physics 2011-08-30 v1

Abstract

We present a quantum calculation of the electron degeneracy for electron sources. We explore quantum interference of electrons in the temporal and spatial domain and demonstrate how it can be utilized to characterize a pulsed electron source. We estimate effects of Coulomb repulsion on two-electron interference and show that currently available nano tip pulsed electron sources operate in the regime where the quantum nature of electrons can be made dominant.

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@article{arxiv.1103.6195,
  title  = {Quantum description and properties of electrons emitted from pulsed nanotip electron sources},
  author = {Pavel Lougovski and Herman Batelaan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.6195},
  year   = {2011}
}