State-Agnostic Approach to Certifying Electron-Photon Entanglement in Electron Microscopy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.19536v1
• Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 20:18:04 GMT
• Title: State-Agnostic Approach to Certifying Electron-Photon Entanglement in Electron Microscopy
• Authors: Phila Rembold, Santiago Beltrán-Romero, Alexander Preimesberger, Sergei Bogdanov, Isobel C. Bicket, Nicolai Friis, Elizabeth Agudelo, Dennis Rätzel, Philipp Haslinger,
• Abstract summary: We present a protocol to certify entanglement between electrons and photons naturally arising from certain coherent cathodoluminescence processes.<n>Our work integrates photonic quantum information techniques with electron microscopy.<n>It establishes a foundation for entanglement-based imaging at the atomic scale, offering a potential pathway to reduce radiation exposure.
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• Abstract: Transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) enable atomic-scale imaging and characterisation, driving advances across fields from materials science to biology. Quantum correlations, specifically entanglement, may provide a basis for novel hybrid sensing techniques to make TEMs compatible with sensitive samples prone to radiation damage. We present a protocol to certify entanglement between electrons and photons naturally arising from certain coherent cathodoluminescence processes. Using mutually unbiased bases in position and momentum, our method allows robust, state-agnostic entanglement verification and provides a lower bound on the entanglement of formation, enabling quantitative comparisons across platforms. Simulations under experiment-inspired conditions and preliminary experimental data highlight the feasibility of implementing this approach in modern TEM systems with optical specimen access. Our work integrates photonic quantum information techniques with electron microscopy. It establishes a foundation for entanglement-based imaging at the atomic scale, offering a potential pathway to reduce radiation exposure.

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