Ponderomotive Achromat for Electron Optics: Radially Polarized Annular Focusing and a Round-Lens Corrector Regime

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Auteurs principaux: Uesugi, Yuuki, Kozawa, Yuichi
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author Uesugi, Yuuki
Kozawa, Yuichi
author_facet Uesugi, Yuuki
Kozawa, Yuichi
contents Ponderomotive electron optics has recently attracted attention because structured optical fields can provide round-lens operation with functionalities that are difficult to achieve using conventional electron-optical elements, including negative lens power and negative spherical aberration. A largely unexplored aspect is how ponderomotive lenses disperse with electron energy and whether that dispersion can be engineered for achromatization. Here we show that, for relativistic electrons, longitudinal and transverse optical components exhibit distinct energy dispersion because Lorentz-boost-induced polarization mixing modifies the effective lens action. Focusing a radially polarized annular beam produces two co-located Bessel-like components near focus, a transverse $J_1^2$ lens and a longitudinal component with relativistic mixing, forming a zero-separation doublet. Using a local Abbe number defined in the energy domain, we derive a single geometry condition for achromatization and evaluate the spot-size performance in a thin-lens model. We also identify parameter regions where the same element yields negative on-axis chromatic aberration, indicating a compact round-lens corrector regime.
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spellingShingle Ponderomotive Achromat for Electron Optics: Radially Polarized Annular Focusing and a Round-Lens Corrector Regime
Uesugi, Yuuki
Kozawa, Yuichi
Optics
Ponderomotive electron optics has recently attracted attention because structured optical fields can provide round-lens operation with functionalities that are difficult to achieve using conventional electron-optical elements, including negative lens power and negative spherical aberration. A largely unexplored aspect is how ponderomotive lenses disperse with electron energy and whether that dispersion can be engineered for achromatization. Here we show that, for relativistic electrons, longitudinal and transverse optical components exhibit distinct energy dispersion because Lorentz-boost-induced polarization mixing modifies the effective lens action. Focusing a radially polarized annular beam produces two co-located Bessel-like components near focus, a transverse $J_1^2$ lens and a longitudinal component with relativistic mixing, forming a zero-separation doublet. Using a local Abbe number defined in the energy domain, we derive a single geometry condition for achromatization and evaluate the spot-size performance in a thin-lens model. We also identify parameter regions where the same element yields negative on-axis chromatic aberration, indicating a compact round-lens corrector regime.
title Ponderomotive Achromat for Electron Optics: Radially Polarized Annular Focusing and a Round-Lens Corrector Regime
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.07923