ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,449, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Laser-based contrast control in transmission electron microscopy" was invented by Osip Schwartz (Rehovot, Israel) and Michael Kali (Rehovot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for electron beam imaging or electron beam spectroscopy. The system comprising: a transmission electron microscope (TEM) having a back focal plane; one or more laser-based devices, configured to shift a predetermined portion of an electron wave to an energy that is different from the energy originally provided by the electron source of th...