Coherence of k-space electrons: application to TDS electrons by DBI

Abstract

Methods of controlled electron interference in k-space on the diffraction plane by means of an electron biprism invented during the Tonomura Electron Wavefront Project are briefly reviewed. The results presented show the partial coherence of self-interfered diffusely scattered electrons, elastically scattered and inelastically scattered, found outside and in between the Bragg diffracted beams often referred to as thermal diffuse scattering (TDS) of electrons. The interference fringes formed in the TDS intensity have been used to calculate a mean displacement of the atom of u ≈ 12 pm in Aluminum in the direction perpendicular to the Bragg planes.