Twisted Electrons
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 12 Story 3 - 26/1/2011

The pitch-fork hologram

The pitch-fork hologram, which has been traditionally used to generate optical vortices, can now also be used to generate electron vortices. The singular point at the centre is the main reason for the production of the vortex, and it also gives the hologram its name.
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The pitch-fork hologram. The pitch-fork hologram, which has been traditionally used to generate optical vortices, can now also be used to generate electron vortices. The singular point at the centre is the main reason for the production of the vortex, and it also gives the hologram its name.