Inelastic electron holography as a variant of the Feynman thought experiment

P L Potapov; J Verbeeck; P Schattschneider; H Lichte; D van Dyck

doi:10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.11.003

Inelastic electron holography as a variant of the Feynman thought experiment

Ultramicroscopy. 2007 Aug;107(8):559-67. doi: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.11.003. Epub 2006 Dec 15.

Authors

P L Potapov¹, J Verbeeck, P Schattschneider, H Lichte, D van Dyck

Affiliation

¹ EMAT, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium. [email protected]

PMID: 17215083
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2006.11.003

Abstract

Using a combination of electron holography and energy filtering, interference fringes produced after inelastic interaction of electrons with hydrogen molecules are examined. Surprisingly, the coherence of inelastic scattering increases when moving from the surface of a hydrogen-containing bubble to the vacuum. This phenomenon can be understood in terms of the Feynman two-slit thought experiment with a variable ambiguity of the which-way registration.