Quantum Electron-Photon Interactions

Electron-photon interactions are a long-standing important tool in analytical microscopy, providing information about the local density of optical or plasmonic modes via cathodoluminescence and electron energy-loss spectroscopy. More recently, stimulated interactions involving incident optical radiation have enabled the coherent modulation of electron wave functions but also opened new pathways for studying a plethora of quantum effects such as entanglement, correlations, or decoherence. While the instrumentation has typically been based on transmission electron microscopes providing ultimate combination of spatial, energy and time resolution, recent years have seen a rapid development in the field of ultrafast scanning electron microscopy and other methods that utilize low- to moderate-energy electrons to investigate the electron-light coupling, time-resolved cathodoluminescence, ultrafast low-energy electron diffraction and quantum phenomena. The goal of this workshop is to bring together experts from this newly emerging field focusing on low- and medium-energy electrons with experts from ultrafast transmission electron microscopy and other fields related to quantum free-electron-photon interactions. Invited speakers include a well-balanced mixture spanning from world-leading senior experts to younger colleagues just starting their labs from all over the world. We hope that experienced as well as young researchers will participate and enjoy flourishing discussions and interactions - in a beautiful setting in the historical center of Prague. 

The conference language will be English.